by Kathy Nickerson | Apr 15, 2021 | mercy
Last year at this time, the magic words in life were still “Please”, “Thank You”, “Grandma’s house”, and “Help me, Jesus!” Today, though, Fully Vaccinated tops all of them except the one about Jesus. The...
by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 31, 2021 | happy endings, mercy, The Bible
From our side of history, the Easter story is so clear. But, If I’d been there, I probably would have doubted, too. (The following conversations are my paraphrase of scriptures quoted in the book of Mark.) “When we get to Jerusalem,” Jesus told his...
by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 17, 2021 | mercy
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. If you think this day is about drinking green beer and eating corned beef and cabbage, you may have missed a few details. The story begins when sixteen-year-old Patrick was captured from his father’s farm in Britain and taken as a slave to...
by Kathy Nickerson | Mar 2, 2021 | mercy
For lent, I’m reading First Timothy 3:16 and focusing on a different phrase every week. It’s one of the ways I’m preparing my heart for another pandemic Easter. This week, the phrase about Jesus is this: “He was seen by angels.” It seems...
by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 9, 2021 | mercy
In February of 1974, my future-husband gave me a Valentine for the first time. It was the size of a poster and featured Peanuts characters. On the inside, Snoopy popped up and danced on a little spring. The caption read, “Since we met, my feet have never touched...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 28, 2021 | happy endings, mercy
This week, I got my first dose of the Covid vaccine. I’m not kidding when I say this makes me emotional. People we love have died from this disease, and we have felt helpless to do anything except wear our masks, wash our hands, and hunker down. We will still be...
