There is a gift I would like to receive this Christmas that I am certain will be deferred—perhaps not forever—but for now. What WILL be there, as it has been for so many years, is “the gift of singleness.” I cannot say I will open this package with joy, but …
The Christian cannot live without hope any more than the Christian can live without faith or without love. This does not apply just to a single person looking for a relationship alone. The Christian life bleeds hope. Every facet of the Christian life involves a hope for what is not …
Unless the cold of winter has moved beyond our bones and into our hearts, unless we have allowed the bumps and bruises of life to numb us—the New Year holds hope. Despite all that has passed up till now, the New Year holds the promise of something better, the promise …