by Mary | Aug 30, 2017 | August 2017
“Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!” So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a...
by Emrys | Aug 28, 2017 | Above Tree Line, August 2017
Mind the Gap: Daily Devotion–Luke 2:39-52 A great deal of Christian piety boils Jesus down to a single ingredient. Jesus came to be a sacrifice for our sins. While God’s forgiveness of us is essential, all the gospel writers indicate that Jesus’ life for us is...
by Emrys | Aug 25, 2017 | Above Tree Line, August 2017
Mind the Gap: Morning Devotion Luke 2:21-24, 36-38 After seven years of marriage, Anna’s husband dies. She does not marry again. She does not attempt to return to a “normal life.” She spends the next, probably, 60 years in the temple, worshipping, fasting, and...
by Emrys | Aug 21, 2017 | Above Tree Line, August 2017
Mind the Gap: Morning Devotion 2 Samuel 3:1-6 As happens so often with our heroes, we remember the big moments in David’s life, and make those moments the definition of heroism. David’s anointing by Samuel, his singular defeat of a thousand Philistines, and the...
by Mary | Aug 20, 2017 | August 2017
Welcome to the newest member of the Sonlight year round staff – Becca Berger. Becca is stepping in to a part time role as an office assistant, helping with the administrative tasks required to keep Sonlight running smoothly. She and her husband Chris live in...
by Emrys | Aug 18, 2017 | Above Tree Line, August 2017
Mind the Gap: Morning Devotion 1 Samuel 3:19-4:1 Samuel is not yet the great and glorious judge of Israel, who anoints David, scolds King Saul, and even returns from the afterlife. Here, Samuel is a lackey in the temple at Shiloh. He’s second-string, tenth-in-command,...
