Morning Briefings

click here to listen to the podcast of this Morning Briefing God speaks in unusual places to those we would be tempted to look right...

"Hello, Mary." The two words make me smile because my first name is Mary . . . Mary Christine. "Ave, Maria", the angel Gabriel spoke to...

As a society, we are impressed by famous people--actors, athletes, entertainers, various forms of celebrity, right? And yet, in the last...

"If only I could touch him!" Surely you have thought that - as I have. "Lord, I wish I could sit across from you right now ~ just to be...

Do you ever feel un-loveable? As we think about the Christmas story, the historical record of the earthly parents God chose for Jesus,...

People like the idea of angels. Besides evoking a feeling of the ethereal, we find them rather comforting. Angels figure prominently in...

Wondrous. It is kind of an outdated word, I guess, but then I am intrigued by words and how we use them, and sometimes wonder why they...

I am constantly thinking. Once again I have been pondering how to keep my thoughts constructive and valuable, and realized something in...

December has dawned and my favorite time of the year is here! Indeed, I love to be the first to wish someone a smiling “Merry Christmas”,...

When last we met, I spoke of how God speaks to us when we are hurting—yes, even in the season of Advent. As we expectantly look to the...

It is the first Sunday of Advent . . . but before I turn our thoughts toward the manger in Bethlehem, I think of those who are grieving,...