We have a nasty disease that runs in our family. It is very, very dangerous and very contagious. It can be life threatening if not beat and it takes special measures, a strong constitution, and lots of grace to beat it. It has killed the most healthy of adults, destroyed…
Read more“For I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.” Acts 17:23 NIV My daughter was recently watching an Indiana Jones movie.…
Read more“And the soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters), and they called together the whole battalion. And they clothed him in a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him. And they began to salute him, “Hail, King of…
Read moreLet us suppose for a moment that I am a very powerful, wealthy, influential person. Let us also suppose that you have a great need that you cannot possibly take care of. You have done all you know to do; asked everyone you know to help and still you cannot…
Read moreMy fists pounded brick. Tears stung my eyes as I worked, but- I would not let them fall. I would not cry. I was angry. Anger felt better than hurt. I pounded with all my might to tear apart what had been so carefully built. Making no progress, I dug at the…
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