by Pete Schipper | Jan 24, 2024 | Articles & Essays
The term “one another” appears throughout the New Testament and applies beautifully to the husband and wife of a Christian marriage. The Bible’s advice on how to encourage, admonish, or instruct one another in matters of conduct and response is for the...
by Pete Schipper | Jan 24, 2024 | Articles & Essays
Elizabeth Rooney Bear ye one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.~Galatians 6:2. We are one another’s burdens, and when we relate to someone, we bear them, not just their burdens. This concept gives significance to the most casual contact,...
by Pete Schipper | Jan 24, 2024 | Articles & Essays
Compiled by Peter Schipper THE BIRTH OF JESUS This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendent of David. The...
by Pete Schipper | Jan 24, 2024 | Articles & Essays
“Francis, you’re my expert in nature and gardening. Tell me, what is going on down there on the blue planet? Whatever happened to the dandelions and violets and milkweed I started eons ago? I started out with a perfect no-maintenance garden plan, you know, with...
by Pete Schipper | Jan 24, 2024 | Articles & Essays
Excerpt and paraphrase from The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence Brother Lawrence (Nicolas Herman, 1614-1691) came from a French peasant family. Following his army service during the Thirty Year’s War, he served as a lay...