Posts by Dr. Alice Maria Crawford

It’s a funny thing about life. You go along with a dream in your heart, or even determine a goal, and try as you might, it just doesn’t seem to…

 There’s a little song my children learned in Christian school that goes like this: When I wake up in the morning, The first thing that I do Is get down…

​What good words to hear for the new year. There’s not anybody living who couldn’t use some "new" things. Many of us are overjoyed to leave behind 2018 for it…

​The new year will usher in 2019 in a little over 72 hours. There is still time to do a few things that will bless your new year.  First of…

​Whatever you experienced on the 25th of December this year, is now a memory. All the hustle and bustle, all the anticipation or apprehension, whatever the emotion before, during, or…

This morning in my mind I was trying to sort out the difference between hope and expectation. It used to be that children "hoped" for certain things at Christmas. Now…

Sometimes it takes a little while for problems to be resolved. We go on day after day, sometimes hoping, sometimes living as if there is no hope for things to…

Wise men from the east saw a star in the skies that let them know that God had sent a King to the earth. They followed this star, traveling far…

​When we plan to do certain things, like having a baby, we work tirelessly to make sure everything is just right. Even though we seldom know when the blessed arrival…

​Today I learned something new about a very famous Christmas song. I always assumed that the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" was describing a man’s love for a woman…