Dash To Safety

LightGrams April 2, 2020 Volume 24, Number 12 The name “Aaron Rodgers” is familiar to all sports fans. For years he has been the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He knows about making mad dashes for the end zone and rushing against the clock. He is regarded as one…

Daily Focus, April 1, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Luke 21:1-38 (“But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.”  (1 Thessalonians 5:11)…

Daily Focus, March 27, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Luke 17:1-37 (“Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?  Hope in God;…

Toilet Paper Calculators

LightGrams March 26, 2020 Volume 24, Number 11 The photo I received summed up the situation before us: Pictured was a Las Vegas style gaming table. Instead of poker chips, there were rolls of toilet paper instead. Do I need to explain the meaning of this to anyone in the U.S.? We’re not alone. Yahoo…

Singing From Their Windows

LightGrams March 19, 2020 Volume 24, Number 10 China has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). A recent report shows that over 3,200 have died from its effects. What is more alarming, perhaps, is that in Italy the number of those who have succumbed to COVID-19 is only slightly less, almost 3,000. Italy’s…

Daily Focus, March 13, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Luke 57:1-39 (“I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his…

Gyms Without Fans

LightGrams March 12, 2020 Volume 24, Number 9 The World Health Organization yesterday officially declared that there is a pandemic. COVID-19 (the coronavirus), which started in China late last year, has now spread into communities in the United States. Many measures have been announced which are aimed at containing the virus, to keep it from…

Daily Focus, March 10, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Luke 2:1-52 (“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also…

Life On The Line

LightGrams March 5, 2020 Volume 24, Number 8 As we focus on the coronavirus, some are reminding us of similar events in the recent past. One such event was the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus that broke out in southern China in 2002. The story of Dr. Joanna Tse emerges from that dark time…

Daily Focus, March 2, 2020

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:1 – 2:26 (“All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “If I delay, you may know how…