A Lenten Devotion by Ricky Kliem …a true friend sticks closer than one’s nearest kin. Proverbs 18:24b A few years ago my son purchased a gently used artificial balsam fir tree as a surprise for me at Christmas. It was set up outside in our backyard garden so my best friend and neighbor, Mary Gillis […]
Our Neighbors’ Strength and Beauty
A Lenten Devotion by Ricky Kliem Consider Assyria, a cedar of Lebanon,with fair branches and forest shade,and of great height,its top among the clouds. Ezekiel 31:3 God of all lands and peoples, may we honor the strength and beauty of our neighbors—trees and mountains and human beings. Amen.
All Things Great and Small
A Lenten Devotion by Ricky Kliem All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all. Cecil Alexander And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” […]
Hope Abounding
A Lenten Devotion by Ricky Kliem May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 Bless our friends, young and old, that through them we may abound in hope. Amen.