Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was going to do. — John 6:5-6. Today’s lesson reminds us that all things are possible with God. It also reminds me that what seems impossible is merely…
Made Well
Do you want to be made well? — John 5:6. Jesus’s question to the man who had been ill for thirty-eight years seems to have an obvious answer — “of course.” Why would anyone answer — “No?” We often have good intentions, but we fail to do what is necessary to return to health. We fail…
Is It Dark Enough
… because the world is all messed up. The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land; confusion all around…. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars. — Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King spoke the above words the night before his assassination. That night in…
Happy?
Happy are those … Who never do any wrong, but always walk in his ways. — Psalm 119:2-3. I wouldn’t know about this kind of happiness. Despite the best of intentions, I haven’t made perfect status yet, probably never will. None of us hit the perfection threshold, but despite our failings we are still loved…