In the mid 1960’s an epic film was produced called “The Greatest Story Ever Told.” It was a retelling of the Biblical account about Jesus of Nazareth from the Nativity through the Ascension. Of course, God’s Story began long before the nativity and continues still today. We read the Bible…
Read moreHere in Texas we are still awaiting the arrival of the first cold front. We long for the day when the wind blows in from the north, dropping the temperature and sweeping away the heat and dust of summer. We dream of pulling warm sweaters and cozy quilts out of…
Read moreI’ve been focusing on the wrong things lately. My gaze has been on the “trials” in my life, rather than on Jesus and what He wants to do in and through me. James begins his letter to “the twelve tribes” with this admonition: Count it all joy, my brethren, when…
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At a conference I attended years ago, the speaker held out a cup filled with water and asked someone to come up and hold it. An eager volunteer stood there holding the filled cup, when the speaker pushed his arm, spilling water all over the carpet. And the speaker asked,…
Read moreAnd Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink…
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