Fill the earth When my maternal grandmother celebrated her hundredth birthday, there were five generations in the same room. Multiple mothers, fathers, children, cousins, nephews, aunts and uncles. And then there were grandparents, great grandparents and she was a great great grandparent. Because Luke and Sarah, our oldest two grandchildren, were present at the celebration. […]
As I was reflecting on our granddaughter, Sarah, helping lead a mission trip with 25 young people from our church this week in Dakar, Senegal, I was reminded of the design that God set up at creation. It is generational and he is faithful to his covenant. Sarah is our third generation. Our family and […]
Grace upon grace This past weekend, Joanne and I journeyed 10 hours to Birmingham to see our family, especially our second great-grandchild, Elijah. During the first minute or two, we were gazing upon this gift from God, wondering who he looked like and other things that run through a great-grandparent’s mind. He and others were […]