CherJ's Blog

“In fact, he (Bono of U2) predicts that churches, of various denominations, ‘could be filled instead of emptied. But it depends on how they’re used. We have to hope that people will live their faith, rather than just preach it. We have to preach it. If you’re a preacher, preach it. But if you can’t…

There’s that old saying, “Can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”  Sometimes it’s said by old dogs, unwilling to learn a new trick.  Sometimes it is said by young dogs trying to force their “new” tricks on old dogs. Young dogs are very tiresome to old dogs.  (I mean that in the nicest possible way…

John 8:58 “‘Very truly I tell you,’ Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” 59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.” I’m reading John 8, where Jesus calls Himself “I Am,” and then has to slip away from the temple to avoid them…

“It’s not fair,” a good friend said to me the other day.  I hadn’t heard that in a while (my kids are all grown up and I’m more likely to say that to them than the other way around now-a-days.)  But this friend WAS all grown up and still caught deeply in the snare of…

So, Christmas cards, such a wonderful old fashioned tradition.  I used to be amazing at it, though sometimes my “Christmas letter” became a January one instead.   Wonderful things happened in our families this year.  July 1st our very first grandchild, Remington James Spaulding was born and we were thrilled to spend ten days out…

Mum settled into the chair and let the nurse poke and prod her skinny arm.  Her wrinkled skin hung down, swaying back and forth.   “Are you on any special diet, Priscilla?” “Am I” Mum exclaimed, ready to recite her litany of woe.  She counted them off on her fingers.  “I’m diabetic, so have to…