by Guy Sayles | Dec 23, 2013 |
Jesus is the bright dawn of hope toward which we rise from nights of despair; the searchlight of justice, which leads us to peace; the candle of joy which even the high winds of sorrow and gusts of grief cannot extinguish; and the blazing fire of love which...
by Guy Sayles | Dec 19, 2013 |
Many years ago, my family bought me a sweatshirt that pictured a grim and sour-looking man who stood, arms folded tightly against his chest, in a shadowy corner at a Christmas party. Below the picture was this caption: “Mr. Bah-Humbug.” It’s not a good...
by Guy Sayles | Dec 12, 2013 |
I was hiking in the Pisgah National Forest on a trail which was new to me. I had an old trail guide, and, after I had been walking for a long while, I realized that that map didn’t match the territory. Markers on the trail were scarce, and they weren’t as...
by Guy Sayles | Nov 27, 2013 |
When I was in elementary school, my dad worked as a salesman for a wholesale company that provided sundry items to mostly small town drugstores. Occasionally he would take me on the road with him. One day, at a store in Hogansville, GA, an aging farmer came in;...
by Guy Sayles | Nov 20, 2013 |
When we push aside distractions, allow our hearts to rest in the grace of silence, and fill our minds with memories of God’s goodness to us in the past, gratitude rises from deep within. We remember that God embraces us in strong-tender love. ...
by Guy Sayles | Nov 10, 2013 |
Many years ago, when we were trying to sell our house, a realtor gave us a long list of small things we could do to improve the house’s appeal to potential buyers. One tip was to bake bread before a showing. “It makes a house smell like a home,” she...
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