Relevant Christianity

I got my first pair of glasses when I was in the second grade. My parents learned I needed glasses because I constantly complained I couldn't see the board in school. It was only in the second grade that much of the classroom instruction involved the teacher presenting lessons on the blackboard in the front of my class. My parents took me to our local Sears store and I had an eye exam. That first eye appointment was decades ago, but I remember it well. I loved sitting in the big chair, reading the strange combination of letters. I was too young to have ... Read Full Story

Today is All Saints Day, when we celebrate inspirational Christians of the past. Tomorrow is All Souls Day, when we remember those who have been dear to us, now gone from this life. All these saintly souls are like the dandelion in the picture: their lives are over but they have left the seeds of their faith, health, happiness, and service, ready to be planted wherever the wind takes them. And the wind has blown many of their seeds in our direction. Several departed family members and friends have seeded me with memories and teaching: my grandparents, my mom, my first husband, and two ... Read Full Story

Today, you can find God and worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. Jeremiah 29:13 reads, " And ye shall seek me and find me, when ye shall search for me with all you heart ". The secret to finding God is to open your heart. God still speaks to a willing and obedient heart. "What must I do to be saved?", is just as current in our generation as it was in the Apostles' day. Acts 2:37-38, 41-42 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall ... Read Full Story

"I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth." --Psalm 34:1 I do not always bless (speak well of, with happiness and contentment) my feelings, my circumstances, or my condition. I do not always bless my surroundings. These things are changeable and fluid. Sometimes they are up and all is well; sometimes things trend downward. I do not know what will happen on any given day. I expect and work for good things. Often, things turn out as I anticipate. Sometimes, I am pleasantly surprised beyond my expectations! I can not always trust my reactions to people ... Read Full Story

Theophilus of Antioch (ca. 175 A.D.) Theophilus was Bishop of Antioch. And He is without beginning, since He is unbegotten; and He is unchangeable, because He is immortal. And he is called God ... He is Lord, because He rules over the universe, Father , because He is before all things, Fashioner and Maker, because He is Creator and Maker of the cosmos, the Highest , because of His being above all, and Almighty, because He Himself rules and embraces all . For the heights of heaven, and the depths of the abysses, and the ends of the earth, are in His hand, and ... Read Full Story