Devotionals

The Criminal Who Didn't Deserve Forgiveness A Reminder from Elizabeth Handford that Easter Sunday is coming! He might have been another Jim Jones or Ted Bundy or Timothy McVeigh for all we know, that man hanging on the cross next to Jesus. Whatever crimes...

What the Foolish Lost Lamb Didn't Know Thinking about the Cross with Elizabeth Rice Handford All the silly little lamb wanted was a tuft of grass across the gully. She had no intention of getting lost. But another bit of grass just beyond teased her, and then she got...

Pushing the Envelope A Wry Reminder from Elizabeth Rice Handford My son's tee shirt read, "Deal's Gap; seven miles; 318 curves." "Wow, John," I said, "tell me more." "Bikers like the challenge of curves, " he answered, "and at Deal's Gap you get 318 of them in a...

"Don't Count Your Hens Before They Hitch!" A Gentle Reminder from Elizabeth Rice Handford Five-year-old son John came home from kindergarten one day, excited as usual about all the new things he was learning. "You know what I learned today, Mother? You're not supposed...

If Your Boss Is Angry A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford "I think my boss is going to fire me," my visitor said. "Why?" "Maybe because I can't do the job." "But they hired you because they thought you could do the job." "Well, I can do it, but not in...

Who Watches the One in Charge? A conversation with Elizabeth Rice Handford One morning, when I was a Christian school principal, I learned something about myself I didn't like. A teacher brought a girl into the school office. It wasn't the first time her teacher had...

Little Is Much When God Is in It A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford It's almost a fairy tale, the love story of Kittie Jenneth and Fred Suffield. She had a lovely contralto voice and in the 1900's was training for the concert stage in busy New York...

Even in Seeming Chaos, God Is Still in Charge A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford I had just completed my checkride in a little Cessna 150 with the FAA inspector for my private pilot's license, and we were headed back to the Greenville...

Same Old New Year's Resolutions? A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Every New Year's Eve my father encouraged us children to make new year's resolutions. And every year, for several years in my childhood, I remember that my first resolution was...