Author: Jackie Burns

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Hope for the New Year

What if you could enter each day of the New Year filled with promise and hope? Would you resolve to do it?

Forsaken: The Poignancy of Loss at Christmas

Forsaken is to be abandoned, deserted, and forgotten. It is currently one of the most searched for words on the internet along with loss. If this Christmas season you find yourself in a time of feeling forsaken join us as we explore the apostle Paul’s message in his second letter to Timothy of hope and encouragement.

The Christmas Worm and our Hope

As I read and studied these past few weeks there were three references to a worm that touched me deeply. They filled me with hope, the hope of the Christmas worm. These references also...

Advent Today and Everyday

Advent is a tradition said to have begun sometime in the 4th century. The word advent means a time of expectant waiting and hope. This expectant waiting for the birth of Christ is celebrated...

The Walls Before Us

In Isaiah 45:1-7, Isaiah speaks to us of the insurmountable walls of Babylon facing King Cyrus. He speaks to us of the walls that may lay before us – the places in our lives...

Ancient Roads and Psalm 143

Roads in the ancient near East were typically in need of constant maintence and if used for transport had to be made constantly level. They needed ongoing caretaking to remain level. Our walk through...