What can a dinner guest do? Jesus and friends were invited to an after church dinner at the home of Simon-Peter. When they arrived they found Peter’s mother-in-law in her bed ill from the effects of a fever. Jesus went
Turning things upside down, shaking up perspectives, shaking down assumptions, these were Jesus’ specialty. From the moment he began to speak in public until His final breath on the cross. His fellow Jews were waiting, more than a little expectantly
Now the Word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amital saying arise go to Nineveh that great city and cry against it for their wickness has come before me. Well!! Finally!! The evil of the Ninevites has
There’s a story from the 1400’s about a flawed block of marble. It was cast aside as worthless. Every artist who looked it at felt that it was too long and narrow to be used in a sculpture worth creating.
Jesus’ baptism brought about a new baptism that changed absolutely everything. Christian baptism is not just a washing away of sin like John’s baptism was but the baptism that brings the power of the Holy Spirit and a very special
Happy New Year! Since it’s New Year’s is there anything more appropriate than some New Year resolutions? Us ex-Scots make a minimum of five. Breaking them all, of course, before they can become healthy habits. How about you? Do you
The Twelve Days of Christmas song was made famous by the song, beginning on December 25 and ending on January 6th. I’m sure you’ve read the children’s book The Twelve Days of Christmas. There are many editions and several illustrators over the years.
The Advent story looks at a number of journeys. There’s the Journey of Hope, this journey lasted many centuries as the prophets looked forward to the coming Messiah. Next was the Journey of Peace, the Messiah that was coming would
I have wondered, many times, exactly what John the Baptist was thinking about in his jail cell in the Fortress of Machderus which was located east of the Dead Sea in the region of Perea. He and his disciples had