by JemB | Mar 19, 2017 | Bible, Disability, Family, Friendship, God's love, Peace, Ponderings
The sermon being preached from the stage was full of truth. Yet in the back row of the auditorium a very different sermon was reaching deep into my heart. I find it difficult to go to church alone, and this was one of those days when I had to do just that. Strike 1...
by JemB | Mar 12, 2017 | Bible, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Peace, Ponderings
I see it so much clearer now. I have heard countless messages and read scores of devotionals about keeping Jesus first in our lives. It wasn’t until i sat down to my Breakfast with Jesus that I saw how subtlety I displace Him. The morning started as each...
by JemB | Feb 23, 2017 | Bible, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Ponderings
One night on our recent cruise the captain came over the broadcast system throughout the ship (which typically only happens in an emergency). He said that several guests had noticed that we had taken a turn to the east (when we had been heading north). Captain Thor...
by JemB | Jan 29, 2017 | Bible, Disability, Instructions for Life, Ministry
Praise God! Disability Ministry is no longer a priority at our church. That probably sounds like an odd statement from someone for whom disability services and ministry course through my body as sure as my blood flows. Let me explain . . . The leadership team at our...
by JemB | Jan 22, 2017 | Bible, Disability, Family, Friendship, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned, Ministry, Ponderings
In 1984 then President Reagan wrote an order proclaiming the 22nd of January (or the nearest Sunday to that date) to be Sanctity of Life Sunday. The particular date was chosen as it corresponds to the anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision. Typically in Christian...
by JemB | Jan 2, 2017 | Bible, Instructions for Life, Ponderings
For the past several years my practice has been to take my coffee and yogurt to the living room and have my breakfast and Quiet Time while sitting in my favorite chair. During the period of having guests in our home I would alter that habit. Now that we are without...
