Daily Meditation for May 8, 2024
“In God’s great mercy we have been given a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3). This is the […]
Entries by Amanda Hackett
Wonder
Recently I read that, on his death bed, Abraham Joshua Heschel expressed humble gratitude for his full life and said that he never prayed for anything but a spirit of […]
Daily Meditation for May 7, 2024
There is a well-known saying: “Give a hungry person a fish, and you have fed them for a day. Teach a person how to fish, and you have fed them […]
Art and Heritage Place Closed June 4–7, 2024
The Art and Heritage Place will be closed Tuesday, June 4, 2024, through Friday, June 7, 2024. It will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, June 11, 2024.
Daily Meditation for May 6, 2024
Spring is the season when we see more clearly the beauty of God’s creation. Nature speaks to us of our loving God through the greening lawns and budding trees, the […]
Daily Meditation for May 3, 2024
There have been April showers, now come the May flowers. It seems the desire for beauty is innate in our human DNA. Perhaps it goes back to our first parents […]
Daily Meditation for May 2, 2024
“Where is Jesus now?” Four-year-old Carsten asked Todd, his Godfather. He had just read the children’s book, God Gave Us Easter, to Carsten and Monroe, his two-year-old sister. Not wanting […]
Daily Meditation for May 1, 2024
Writer Diane Ackerman says, “I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived […]
There’s No Place Like Home
The worn letters upon the pillow must have held many a head. After all, the tiny cloth hearts which had once held fast were now curling at the edges, but […]
Daily Meditation for April 30, 2024
Texas musician Guy Clark sings a song titled “The Cape” about an eight-year-old boy with a flour sack cape tied around his neck, climbing up on the garage roof to […]
