In2theRiver

 Hello from 37,000 feet! I am writing today’s post from the air as I am on my way back to Maryland for Christmas and the New Year. Over the past two weeks, I have written about the Light referred to in Chapter 1 of the Book of John in the Bible. We have talked about… Read more

 Good morning again from Managua, Nicaragua! Last week, I wrote about the Light and the hope that it brought the world 2,000 years ago. I also mentioned that I had discussed the same topic with the teenagers at the Puente de Amistad orphanage during our weekly devotional. This week, I again discussed this topic with… Read more

Buenos dias from Nicaragua! Every Monday evening, at the request of Maria Jose, the Director of the orphanage, I do a short devotional for the teenagers at Puente de Amistad. As I considered what to do this past Monday, I arrived at John 1:5-9, which says, “The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness… Read more

Buenos dias! It’s another beautiful morning in the land of lakes and volcanoes. As I considered what to write about this morning, the first thing that came to mind was Thanksgiving, the late November holiday in the United States. After spending the first thirty years of my life living in the Mid-Atlantic region of the… Read more

 Hello again from Nicaragua! Over the past week I have had the opportunity to experience two national elections, one in my home country of the United States and one in the country in which I currently live, Nicaragua. These two experiences brought up a very revealing question in my mind- where does my peace come… Read more