Devotionals

A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford I was a refugee from Hurricane Helene. My daughter Ruth and son Jeffrey had climbed through downed trees on the road to rescue me. My power, heat, light, internet, food supplies, all had been knocked out by the...

A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford "I’m glad they caught the man that murdered that insurance executive." said a friend of mine recently. Another friend retorted, "Huh, sure they did. The guy that was killed was rich and famous. But if he’d been...

A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford Facing the new year is daunting. The year 2025 is unknown. We can’t guess what will happen about inflation, family relationships, employment, the cultural divide our country faces, or the threats of hostilities all...

A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford On a long flight from Connecticut to Washington, D.C., my seat mate was a beautiful Jewish woman. We’d had a lively conversation about things we were both interested in. Then I told her about my relationship with...

A Word of Encouragement from Elizabeth Rice Handford “Nobody wants me,” a distraught woman said to me as she opened the door to me. “God doesn’t even want me.” How deeper could a human being’s despair go? This dear woman had found life intolerable, and thought she’d...