My internal body clock’s alarm went off as expected this morning and I arose from my rest to do what I’ve done so many times since I met Christ Jesus and He became Lord of my life: I read my Bible! Early on in my Christian life, I was impressed upon by key people that being…
Read more
Thursday, February 21, 2013
It’s Five O’clock, Lord!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
They Walked Among Us
Most Saturday evenings at Vantage Pointe, people interested in the spiritual success of our church get together for an hour and do something that seems to be a lost art for many Christians: they pray (Acts 16: 13-14). Prayer is the process by which God’s people communicate with Him about things that are important to them. It’s amazing…
Read more
Monday, July 16, 2012
Do You Like Chinese?
“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.” (John 4: 34 NIV) If I were to take a survey today and ask about your favorite food choices, I bet one of them would be Chinese food. From my early days in Canada (where Chinese…
Read more
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Memorial Day 2012
The cold wind and pelting rain drove the memory of wars fought and won deep into my soul. It was Remembrance Day, the 11th day of the 11th month at 11th hour, when all the world declared that The Great War was done with, the “boys” could come home, and the world would finally be…
Read more
Sunday, March 18, 2012
NASA – Vantage Pointe Reaching for New Heights
We call it NASA. The letters stand for words we seldom hear in daily life: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA’s vision has inspired tens of thousands of school kids as they’ve stared up into the night skies: To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind. NASA…
Read more
Sunday, March 04, 2012
Serve Others More Than Ourselves, and This Vantage Pointe Becomes Clear
An early morning greeted us as we braved the snow packed Northway to take our daughter, Naomi, to the Albany International Airport for her flight to Canada. After our good-byes, we headed north again and stopped at our favorite coffee bistro to enjoy a hot, delicious beverage. While there, we remembered that we had a…
Read more
Sunday, February 12, 2012
On with the show this is it!
When I was a teen, I was afforded the opportunity to sing under the direction of Fred Waring, the much-loved conductor of The Pennsylvanians. An entire generation of people sat spellbound under the musical genius of this man and I must admit that I was awestruck to be able to sing with him, too. One of the…
Read more
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Because from this Vantage Pointe, anything is possible!
Impossible: that’s the word you hear a person use when facing an overwhelming circumstance with seemingly no possibility of resolving it on their own. You’ve done it and so have I: we look inside ourselves for help, quickly measure the amount of energy or resilience we have on reserve, and unthinkingly declare, “This situation / person…
Read more