BETHLEHEM — On Christmas Eve in 1741, Moravian settlers named this Pennsylvania city after the biblical birthplace of Jesus. Nearly 300 years later, Moravians continue celebrating their Christmas season traditions in Bethlehem. They include the “putz,” a Nativity scene that tells the ...
“For God so loved the world that God gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent His Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved” (John 3:16-17 NKJV). In these words of ...
Perfect harmony. Perfect friendship; the Father, Son, and the Spirit. Uncreated, eternal, joyfully content in each other; the three separate, yet the same. Together they spoke the world into existence, filling it with intricate waterways, wooded pathways, and plummeting waterfalls. Their ...
Today is Pearl Harbor Day. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, called it “a date which will live in infamy” when “the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan” ...
By the time you read these words, Thanksgiving will be over. Most of you will have gathered with family, enjoyed a big meal (probably too big), and spent some time formally giving thanks for the blessings you have received. And for some (my brother comes to mind), it is now officially time to ...
My family, as I was growing up, gave compliments sparingly. When they were expressed, it was just a tiny teaspoonful. So, it is no wonder that I grew up with a “gratitude deficiency.” Telling others that I appreciate them or complimenting them has been a learning process and a slow one at ...