“We’ll be praying for you.” Recently, someone shared with me her disappointment in circumstances after she made known some concerns about immediate needs she had among a group of Christians with whom she has been in weekly fellowship for a while....
Going Deep with Christ through Bible Study CBB 1-31-19 One of the first times I really had Scripture leap off the page and impress me with a deeper meaning was with the verses in Matthew 7:7 -8: (See also, Luke 11:9-10) “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you...
“Falling and getting back up because The Lord chastens after one of his is one thing but spiritual posing is another.” This is an interesting comment this week by a person who is doing some deep work in spiritual journeying. It points to an understanding...
A heretical bishop in the United Methodist Church had written that this story, told in Matthew 15:21-28 and in Mark 7:24-30, is an example of Jesus’ bigotry and misogyny, that he would ignore a Gentile woman’s pleading for help. But as I wrote then, after...
Praying today for a baby being born to our nephew and his beautiful wife, Ryan and Sally Boyd of Albany, Ga. Infant’s Sleeping Smile I’ve stood by your cradle and watched you Dream your silent dreams. Empty they are of a language But filled...
“Progressive” – favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters; characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement; going forward or onward; passing...
