Posts by Dr. Alice Maria Crawford

One of the benefits of being in a family is to be in line to receive an inheritance. It’s even better if you’re in a family that has something of…

​The carols are ringing out – Joy to the World, the Lord Has Come! The Christmas season. bombards us with an expectation that we should have JOY! Yet, sadly the…

​As the old folks used to say, I cut my teeth on the KJV of the Bible. The words are engrained on my soul and when I am looking for…

​In the agrarian society that Jesus lived in, there were many sheep herders. It is no wonder that there is more than one parable talking about sheep. So, while we’re…

We all know of that person labeled as a black sheep. They just don’t seem to fit in with the group; they often make bad decisions that give them a reputation as one who…

Day after day we go through life and some of us are so focused and assured that we know our mission that we keep right on going like the energizer…

Mystery buffs love to search out the clues to solve mysterious occurrences. With the passion of a mystery buff, great philosophers and scholars have sought to uncover the mystery of creation…

It was one thing to say we are thankful on Thanksgiving, it’s quite another to LIVE every day thankful. Thankfully, we have scripture to help us: Everything in the world…

There are said to be  over 3, 573 promises in the Bible. Some accounts cite more than that. Scholars remind us that the promises of the Old Testament are relative to…

 In two days we will as a nation celebrate Thanksgiving. Perhaps this year you have met with disappointment, unanswered prayers, heartache – maybe you don’t see any reason to give…