darkness – A Beautiful Mess

We Get By With A Little Help From Our Friends

1 Thessalonians 5:11 “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.“ We all need encouragement in our lives. Life gets heavy. It gets hard. As the days move forward toward the return of the Lord, there is more and more evil around us. It’s easy to become discouraged. ManyContinue reading “We Get By With A Little Help From Our Friends”

Black Saturday

Today is Black Saturday of Holy Week. Jesus was crucified yesterday, and today His disciples are left to try to figure out what God is doing here. It’s a day when the churches that celebrate Holy Week hold a special vigil. Today, I am reminded again just how much the COVID-19 pandemic has put theContinue reading “Black Saturday”

Back Alley Rescues

Colossians 1:13-14 (MSG) “God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. He’s set us up in the kingdom of the Son he loves so much, the Son who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating.” Some of us have found ourselvesContinue reading “Back Alley Rescues”