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1 Timothy 4:7b-8 – Train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. (NIV) Listening to recent discussions about an acceptable minimum wage, I remembered how fortunate that I was to have received  […]

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about “How To Die“, so I thought that I should also write about “How To Live”. My first suggestion on how to live is to do everything that we can to communicate with others, even when we are told that we must physically distance. Recently, I have telephoned  […]

Isaiah 58:7a – Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter? (NIV) 1 Peter 4:9 – Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. (NIV) The Bible has many references directing us to be hospitable. I was blessed to watch my parents practice this teaching on  […]

Philippians 1:21,23-24 – For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. (KJV) With my wife going to heaven  […]

(December 2020) When I was a teenager, I used to enjoy going out in the streets to play Christmas carols on my cornet (which is like a trumpet) with fellow members of a Salvation Army band. Today, such instrumental carolers are often found in the warmth of a mall, but years ago, such malls didn’t  […]

(Dec. 2018) Romans 12:13 – Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. (NIV) Traditionally, we like our family to be together on Christmas Day. If that is physically impossible, we at least try to make contact by telephone or webcam. One Christmas Day, my son and his family were at their home  […]

Music is a wonderful gift from God. While we enjoy it all year long, I think that it is especially meaningful in December. This is probably because of the number of Christmas carols that we both hear and sing. While no one on earth can now be certain, I like to imagine Luke’s recounting of  […]

At this holiday time of the year, the word “family” often seems to come up. Thanksgiving is observed in Canada in October and in the United States in November. Next month there will again be times of holiday celebrations, especially at Christmas. There is generally a strong desire to be together at these special times  […]

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 – Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one  […]

Psalm 90:10 – The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (KJV) Although I have almost completed fourscore and six years, some of you reading this  […]