by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 8, 2010 | mercy, The Bible
Picture this: the long-awaited Messiah has been walking through the country side healing diseases, casting out demons, raising the dead, and calming the storms for three years. Finally, He sits down with his friends one night at the greatest Feast of the year. The...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 20, 2010 | mercy, The Bible
The need in Haiti seems huge and overwhelming and far beyond my capacity to do anything to help. I think the people of Israel must have felt that same way when they came back from seventy years of exile to find their beloved Holy City in ruins. The first group who...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jan 10, 2010 | Friendship, The Bible
Occasionally, I wonder if what I’m doing in life is too small to matter. Next year I will qualify for the senior citizen’s discount at my favorite eatery, and this makes me consider what I’ve done with my fifty-some years. Such inventories can be...
by Kathy Nickerson | Nov 23, 2009 | family, mercy, The Bible
You don’t have to be a Bible scholar to know Solomon was the wisest man in the world. He is legendary. References to his wisdom have come up in literature for centuries and you find references to him in modern culture through movies, music, and casual...
by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 16, 2009 | The Bible
I’ve been trying to figure out life today. A small task for a September morning. I’m feeling a little moody and a little restless and a little unsure about how to shake myself out of it and get back to my normal Pollyanna self.In the midst of this...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 10, 2009 | happy endings, The Bible, writing
We’re having an unusually green July around here. Usually the lawns without sprinkler systems are already turning brown and crunchy this time of year. Instead, they are thick and green. Foliage is lush beside the country roads and everything looks more like...
