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This time of year I think of my favorite writer’s reflection upon the future: “Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering “it will be happier.’”—Alfred, Lord Tennyson The year 2023 was not an unhappy one for…

Do you have any favorite Christmas ornaments? Why are they special to you? What sentimental value do they hold? I get nostalgic each year when I unbox the handmade ornaments my mother hung on her tree. Each one reminds me…

I had the privilege of touring New England last October when the colors of the fall foliage were at their peak. I journeyed by bus from Tennessee to Maine; and, like Bilbo and Gandalf, our pilgrimage took us there and…

I recently watched one of Joni Eareckson Tada’s reels on Instagram. She was singing “Rise and Shine and Give God the Glory,” and she explained that her mother would sing that song as a morning wakeup call when Joni was…