March 21 is Mother’s Day here in the Middle East.  I didn’t know that until I went to church tonight.  At the end of the service they had the kids come down from the children’s room and sing a song for the adults.  And of course they were cute, and all the proud parents snapped [...]

Today is Good Friday.  It is the day commonly celebrated by Christians as the day Jesus was crucified.
I remember reading once I John 2:1,2:
My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin.  And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
And He Himself is [...]