Ready for Christmas
Ready for Christmas by Annie Yorty With only six days to go until the big day, we often ask one another, “Are you ready for Christmas?” The conversation usually revolves around the to-do list—shopping, food prep, cleaning,…
How to Calm Fear in a Political Season
by Annie Yorty Everywhere we turn, we hear and read about awful predictions if this or that person is elected in November. People are anxious about what might happen to our country in the future. How can…
What Do You Want?
by Annie Yorty What do you want? In reply, I could probably list a hundred “needs.” What about you? If Jesus asked the question, would you answer differently? He knows exactly what we need and always has…
Christmas in July
by Annie Yorty Christmas in July As a lover of all things Christmas, I’ve sometimes allowed the hoopla of holiday symbols and traditions to eclipse Jesus–the star of the season. Can anyone relate? Before we renounce our…
The Way, Truth, and Life
by Annie Yorty Have you ever tried to navigate in the dark? Maybe you got up at night and didn’t want to wake anyone else, so you groped your way to your destination, touching familiar objects along…