The Wild And The Innocent

LightGrams September 26, 2019 Volume 23, Number 31 Credit the unnamed woman with having compassion. While driving down the road she saw an injured bobcat. She stopped, picked up the wounded animal, and placed it inside her SUV. In that same SUV was her child, lovingly strapped into a child seat. Officials from the Colorado…

Daily Focus, September 23, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Numbers 8:1 – 9:23 (“Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew…

Daily Focus, September 21, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Numbers 7:1-89 (“And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the…

Sheep Out Of Place

LightGrams September 19, 2019 Volume 23, Number 30 Our son took me on a trip to Colorado last month, my first time to visit that state. Among the amazing sights I saw was a family of bighorn sheep. They blended in well with their background, and were hard to spot. But seeing these animals deftly…

Daily Focus, September 10, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Mark 6:1 – 8:17 (“And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head.  He went and beheaded him in the prison.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “And let our people learn to devote themselves to good…

Calling Upon … Whom?

LightGrams September 5, 2019 Volume 23, Number 29 “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” That’s a line from Shakespeare I can quickly recall. But a story I just came across challenges the idea that names don’t matter so much. In the British Isles,…

Daily Focus, August 30, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Genesis 43:1 – 44:34 (“Then Joseph hurried out, for his compassion grew warm for his brother, and he sought a place to weep.  And he entered his chamber and wept there.”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Therefore, if anyone is…

A (Golf) Match Made In Heaven?

LightGrams August 29, 2019 Volume 23, Number 28 Interest in religion has been on a sharp decline in England for the past several decades. One survey shows that only about 10% of those who identify as being Christians of any kind attend services at least once per month (it’s about 43% in the U.S.). Such…

Daily Focus, August 21, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Genesis 27:1 – 28:22 (“And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven.  And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!”) This…

Daily Focus, August 3, 2019

“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:8 Daily Bible Reading: Genesis 15:1 – 16:16 (” The angel of the Lord also said to her, ‘I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.‘”) This Week’s Memory Verse: “Having purified your souls by your obedience…