by Marilou Lyons | Dec 26, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Christmas 2023 isn’t really over. True, it sure seems like it should be over, with bills to pay, the Christmas tree to dismantle, goodbyes to loved ones said, and clutter to clean up. It looks like Christmas is...
by Marilou Lyons | Dec 18, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
Thinking about Christmas with Elizabeth Rice Handford If ever a woman needed the protection and love of a steadfast husband, surely it was Mary, the mother of the Lord Jesus. The story is so familiar, it would be easy to overlook the really frightening aspects of her...
by Marilou Lyons | Dec 12, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Christmas Meditation with Elizabeth Rice Handford It was late October, and I was delighted to read that the Orionid meteor shower would be visible again in the Carolina sky that night, with perhaps as many as 20 “falling stars” an hour. I got up in the middle of the...
by Marilou Lyons | Dec 5, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Joe DiMaggio still holds the MLB record for his 56-game hitting streak in 1941. His motivation to play well is interesting: “There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time or the last time. I owe...
by Marilou Lyons | Nov 27, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford I have a dear friend, a high school boy, who is interested in flying. So I invited his family and another family to dinner. The husband in that family is a seasoned professional pilot and earnest Christian, and I...
by Marilou Lyons | Nov 20, 2023 | 2023, Devotionals
A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford It had been discovered that a child in the fourth grade at a Christian school—nobody knew who—had head lice. So everybody in school had to be examined by the school nurse for those blood-sucking critters. “It’s...
