Recovery Meditations

Jesus was asked which commandment was the greatest commandment in the law and He replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

Today, as we recover from the festivities of saying good-bye to the old year and embrace the New Year, let us reflect on what we would like to achieve in the coming year.

Happy New Year! A time of new things, of new hopes and dreams.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

The Bible is full of stories which show the power of God to overcome the hurts of the past.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

In the Christmas story we find the part about the wise men who saw a star in the distance and went on a journey because they were convinced that a king had been born.

Christmas -- it really happened! God came to our planet.

In Asia the main family holiday is Chinese New Year.

Encounters with the living God inevitably bring fear.

One of my favorite Christmas songs is “The Little Drummer Boy” because in spite of being a little guy with not very much, he “gets it.

At this time of year, as we prepare our hearts for the annual celebration of Christ’s birth, many may have regrets about some Christmases in their past.