Founder's Blog
Entries in the Family category
Learning from Jesus' Questions - Who is My Family?
Years ago, my mother was a faculty member of Messiah College. In meeting an alum from there, I said, "You may have known my mother, Esther Snyder." He replied, "Yes, and now I see that…
Growing in Child-Likeness: Devoted to Family
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love, give preference to one another in honor. Romans 12:10 NASB …
A Child of God - What Does That Mean?
Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God. John 1:12 NIV …
And This Is Love: Pray
Loving and caring for my brothers and sisters sometimes requires helping to meet needs: physical, emotional, financial, and sometimes spiritual. At the heart of many spiritual challenges is the issue…
It Is Not Complex
Sometimes I make following Jesus more complex than necessary. The Apostle Peter suggested that it involves a proactive positive step and a proactive boundary-setting. …
Struggles on the Journey - Forgetting My Identity
How I view myself - my identity - is shaped by my early childhood development, education, vocational life, family life, and church and ministry experiences. Blessing and heartbreak in each of these…
What a Legacy!
I say to myself, The Lord is my inheritance, therefore, I will hope in him. Lamentations 3:25 NLT …
Comfort
On Christmas Eve day my mother went home to be with the Lord. She was a wonderful mother. Her presence in my life helped to shape who I am today and I am grateful. But mixed with gratitude and joy is…