February is known to be the month of love.  While Christmas decorations are still up and 75% off, retail store shelves are packed with hearts of all shapes and sizes and heart-shaped boxes containing a variety of chocolates and candy.  Although a box of chocolates does not represent the love in one’s heart, the receiver…

The Simeon-Anna Model: A New Year’s Resolution Scripture reading from the Gospel of Luke 2:25-32; 36-38 In the passage from the Gospel of Luke, the third book in the New Testament, we know of a man named Simeon. Scripture says Simeon was a righteous and devout man, filled with the Holy Spirit. But Simeon had…