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King of a Different Kind

Friday, November 23rd, 2012 Posted in writing | Comments Off on King of a Different Kind

The people of Jesus’ time, including his disciples, longed for a king they could be proud of, one who had power and knew how to use it, a king who would see to it that neither he nor his fellow ...

Generous Love

Friday, November 9th, 2012 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Generous Love

Many times there occur instances of heroic bravery when someone with amazing selflessness comes to the aid of another person. There were countless examples of this when the World Trade Towers collapsed and, more recently, when firefighters and police responded ...

One Wish

Saturday, October 27th, 2012 Posted in writing | Comments Off on One Wish

We are creatures of our desires and wishes. They motivate us to do things or to refrain from doing them. Some of our desires are good while some are less so. A big part of spiritual growth is coming to ...

Free to Follow

Sunday, October 14th, 2012 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Free to Follow

We’ve all heard about the rich young man who came to Jesus filled with a generous spirit but went away sad. Actually, only Matthew says he was young; Luke says he was a “ruler” and Mark says only that he ...

Some Places

Sunday, September 30th, 2012 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Some Places

A high school newspaper I ran across recently had a story about a student trip to Germany. One sentence in it brought me up short: “Other places visited include Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich and Dachau, where they saw a concentration camp.” ...