Author: Dr. Mark

A CHRISTMAS MORNING FAMILY MEDITATION

ByDr. Mark December 25, 2025 0 Comments
“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.’ When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of...

GRANDMOTHER’S WISDOM

ByDr. Mark December 24, 2025 6 Comments
“And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.” (Deuteronomy 6:6-7 NLT) Bill Withers wrote a song entitled, “Grandma’s Hands.”  Zac Brown wrote a song about...

ADVICE FOR WHEN YOU ASCEND HIGHER

ByDr. Mark December 23, 2025 3 Comments
“No matter how high I get, I will still be looking up to You!” (Lyrics by Luther Barnes) When I entered the field of Human Resources, I started as a HR Representative, moved up to a HR Specialist, advanced through the managerial ranks, and at one point reported to the company President. Oh, by the way, I also turned down an offer to move into a corporate position where I would oversee...

REASON TO CELEBRATE

ByDr. Mark December 22, 2025 2 Comments
“And David danced before the Lord with all his might and was wearing priests’ clothing. So Israel brought home the Ark of the Lord with much shouting and blowing of trumpets.”(2 Samuel 5:14-15 The Living Bible) This is your Monday Short meditation. In the verses above, David is celebrating the bringing of the ark home, back to Jerusalem. Among the sacred things inside the ark were the...

WHEN OBSTACLES ARE BLOCKING YOUR PEACE

ByDr. Mark December 21, 2025 2 Comments
When my family moved into our current residence back in the early 1990’s, there was just an enormous open field behind our back yard. Shortly after moving into our new dwelling, an elementary school was built on the far side of the open field. Yet even after constructing the new educational facility there was still a lot of open field remaining. At first, my wife and I were happy that our...

MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR TIME

ByDr. Mark December 20, 2025 2 Comments
“Make the most of your time or time will make the most of you.” Two students, one young adult female and one young adult male, recently came home from school during their college break. The mother met them when they arrived with what seemed like a semester full of saved up dirty clothes. Initially she was wondered, silently, “Why in the world would they bring home all these dirty clothes?...

SERVING GOD

ByDr. Mark December 19, 2025 0 Comments
“Jesus left the synagogue and went to Simon’shouse. Simon’s mother-in-law was very sick. She had a high fever. They asked Jesus to do something to help her. He stood very close to her and ordered the sickness to go away. The sickness left her, and she got up and began serving them. When the sun went down, the people brought their sick friends to Jesus. They had many different kinds of...

THE MUCH BETTER VIEW

ByDr. Mark December 18, 2025 4 Comments
 “Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!” (Quote by Ingrid Bergman) We are approaching December 31st. As I have shared with you previously, that is the date set for the last edition of Mark Writes meditations. During these nine years, daily I have not failed to indicate my continued commitment to the climb, and I hope I have...

POINTS OF INTEREST

ByDr. Mark December 17, 2025 2 Comments
“So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. Now the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest. Yet as soon as the priests who carried the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam...

YOUR COMFORTABLE POSITION COMES WITH CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

ByDr. Mark December 16, 2025 2 Comments
“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so,  I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”  (John 14:1-3 New King James Version) My youngest daughter had...