Learning the Hard Way

DAILY READING Matthew 2: 13-23 REFLECTION Herod Didn't Win! By Carmel Elmer The births of my children were times of such joy. I remember holding those sweet, helpless babies while they slept and having such a feeling of compete bliss. I can’t imagine having brought a child into the world in the circumstances that Mary and Joseph did or being able to comprehend how the history of humanity would change because of the birth of my child. Every parent feels the weight of responsibility for...

DAILY READING Jeremiah 10: 1-16 REFLECTION What are Your Idols? By Carmel Elmer If you make your way through the Old Testament, it will become clear that the Israelites had a recurring, long-standing problem with idolatry. When Moses went up Mt. Sinai to receive the 10 commandments, the Hebrew people began to grow restless and it's as if they suddenly forgot that to this point, God had rescued them from 400 years of slavery, fed them, protected them, parted the Red Sea so they could cross...