April 10, 2026 Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!” Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself. Matthew 27:3 When you read the story about Jesus' betrayal Barrabas seems more like the type to betray Him.

from Moby Dick by Herman Melville April 6, 2026 Father Mapple rose, and in a mild voice of unassuming authority ordered the scattered people to condense. “Starboard gangway, there! side away to larboard—larboard gangway to starboard! Midships! midships!” There was a low rumbling of heavy sea-boots among the benches, and a still slighter shuffling of women’s shoes, and all was quiet again, and every eye on the preacher. He paused a little; then kneeling in the pulpit’s bows,

from Moby Dick by Herman Melville March 28, 2026 I had not been seated very long ere a man of a certain venerable robustness entered; immediately as the storm-pelted door flew back upon admitting him, a quick regardful eyeing of him by all the congregation, sufficiently attested that this fine old man was the chaplain. Yes, it was the famous Father Mapple, so called by the whalemen, among whom he was a very great favourite. He had been a sailor and a harpooneer in his you

from Moby Dick by Herman Melville March 27, 2026 In this same New Bedford there stands a Whaleman’s Chapel, and few are the moody fishermen, shortly bound for the Indian Ocean or Pacific, who fail to make a Sunday visit to the spot. I am sure that I did not. Returning from my first morning stroll, I again sallied out upon this special errand. The sky had changed from clear, sunny cold, to driving sleet and mist. Wrapping myself in my shaggy jacket of the cloth called bea

March 15, 2026 The heart is deceitful  above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? Jeremiah 17:9 When we look at the image of the stone heart our natural reaction is that we think man, I'm glad my heart isn't like that. It may be the natural reaction, but our hearts deceive us. Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts  of his heart was only evil continually.   Genesis 6:5 . It only took six cha

February 14, 2026 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.” 22  And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast. 23  Now it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her. 24  And Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid. 25  So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, “What is this yo

February 12, 2026   Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” 18  And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!” 19  Then God said: “No, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his descendants after him. In e

September 17, 2025 I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure ( Genesis 33:14...

August 27, 2025 The rudbeckia (black-eyed susans) jumped the garden’s protective stone border – that was its first mistake. Taking root...

June 1, 2025 Men ought always to pray and not to faint ( Luke 18:1 ). "Go to the ant." Tammerlane used to relate to his friends an...

May 28, 2025 Looking at our calendar, you would think my husband and I lead a very active social life. And it’s true: the older we get,...

May 23, 2025 22  And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford...

March 16, 2025 16 “So do not pray for  this people nor offer any plea or petition for them; do not plead with me, for I will not listen...

March 2, 2025 6  this Ezra came up from Babylon; and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given...

February 21, 2025 When my mom was dying in 2010 I would write her letters or send gospel CDs to her for encouragement. She was saved at 24, filled with the Holy Spirit shortly after and immediately put in as the college class Sunday School teacher by our wonderful pastor. There was no room for the new class so it was held in the kitchen. It grew immediately and some of those lanky young men had to sit on the counters. The young women all wore skirts then so they were at the t

February 12, 2025 “But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be,...

February 10, 2025   “What is mankind that you make so much of them, that you give them so much attention, 18 that you examine them every...

January 25, 2025 “And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to...

May 8. 2024 I always did my best to keep our home’s bathroom clean - dusting the ceiling, scrubbing the walls, sink, tub and toilet and...

March 11, 2024 The Mysteries of God   O Lord, how manifold are Thy works! In wisdom, Thou hast made them all. The earth is full of Thy...