Posts by Dr. Alice Maria Crawford

Have you ever had something on your mind that you wanted to get off? Sometimes we have something on our chest, so to speak, that we can’t wait to get…

One of the fascinating stories around the birth of Jesus had to do with certain men, only called "wise men" from the East who saw a star that led them…

​From the days of Isaiah’s proclamation that "a virgin would conceive and bring forth a son", and that son would be the Jewish deliverer; every Jewish maiden longed to be…

​Even if you are not into the many things money can buy, you have to admit there are times you wish you were born with a silver spoon. There are…

As we continue in this Advent season we want to remember wha advent means: ".observation in some Christian churches four Sundays before the coming of the Christ child, usually observed with…

The words of scripture are a single thread woven carefully into a master garment that was put on parade for all the world to see, even for generations to come. Even…

It’s one thing to hear about or even to witness a great event, it’s an entirely different thing to experience it. Such was that night over two thousand years ago, when some…

The twenty-six verses of Psalm 136 all have two lines for each verse and the second line of each verse is the same: Give thanks to the Lord, for He…

We live in a post-modern world where we have exposure to all of history before us. Not only is our past history available but also the history of other nations…

This week as a nation we have had, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday. The week after Thanksgiving is replete with plenty of attention given to…