This situation was anything but ideal. The emperor’s decree could not have come at a more inopportune time with the baby so soon to come. Nevertheless, they had gathered their meager belongings and left Nazareth […]
Frustrated, exhausted, and unable to catch my breath, I motioned to our praise team to endthe song early. I just couldn’t breathe! It was so hot! I looked out at the congregation, somestill bundled in […]
Several months ago, an evangelist came to our Church and spoke about, of all things, the love of God. Growing up as a Pastor’s kid who constantly found herself in Church settings, I believed the […]
What do you think when you hear the word “worship?” Maybe songs of praise leaving your lips with lifted hands comes to mind. It can make us think of the tears streaming down our face […]
The old apostle’s eyes, already dimmed by the advancement of age, further strained in the low light of his prison cell. Epaphroditus had just delivered the news that the Philippian church had sent him a […]
Across arid, parched plains, his beard grizzled with time and dust, Jacob’s eyes strained to see the swirls of dust in the distance. Could it be? Could his long-lost son really be alive and well […]
“Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are […]
I had an interesting conversation with my mom recently. My mother made the statement, “If everyone just focused less on this and more on putting good out into the world… the world would be a […]
The old man stood in the middle of the street facing the swelling crowd of revelers coming toward him. The drunken screams, clanking of metal drinkware, and terrified bleats of their ceremonial animals made a […]
The dust swirled around the man as he lay there before the Master. It was a familiar taste in his mouth. Being lame from birth, he often tasted the dust of the passersby as he […]
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