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So Where Is This God When You Need Him?
“God will surely come to your aid and then
You must carry my bones up from this place.”
A promise to cling to, a memorial to remind them.
His coffin remained as a silent testament,
His promise lived in their minds. Read the rest of this entry
We Prayed for Healing, So What Is This?
Rachel came to see her friend to share her distressing news, Read the rest of this entry
The Achilles heel of democracy.
Otherwise known as the downside of popularity. Popularity always carries a price. As long as we are trying to earn approval from others we must be prepared to sacrifice our Read the rest of this entry
The joke about feeding people
“Since we know it’s impossible for us to feed this mob let’s play the game for the fun of it.” Andrew, Simon’s brother, joined in the bantering. “Here’s a boy with few small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
The Ultimate Free Lunch
A huge crowd began to follow Jesus because they saw what he was doing, liked what they saw and wanted more of it. As they approached, Jesus asked Philip a strange question, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” Read the rest of this entry
The Flip Side of Prejudice
I love the scene in “Jungle to Jungle” where the New York lady meets the boy from the Amazon and shouts, “Welcome to America!” when she talks to him. She’d made some underlying assumptions: Read the rest of this entry
Breaking the power of envy
John’s disciples had a problem. They had followed their rabbi faithfully and done whatever he instructed them but the fad was getting out of hand. It had started as a simple extension Read the rest of this entry
Smart Answer for Feeling Slightly Stupid.
The rabbi’s response was worse than he feared. “You’re the teacher of the nation and yet you don’t understand this simple stuff? What’s wrong with you? What’s going to happen when I talk about the advanced stuff?” Read the rest of this entry
When I don’t have the answer. . .
He could feel the color in his cheeks as he stood there with absolutely no idea of what to say next. Seemed to him he ought to know the answer and the people standing round him were amused to see he didn’t. They were quietly laughing at him. He doubted they knew the answer either but despite all his learning and experience, he was forced to admit he had absolutely no idea what the answer was. He’d already asked for clarification but that only increased his confusion. Read the rest of this entry
