Dear Friends: The Sea of Galilee is 685 feet below sea level, the lowest freshwater body of water in the world. It sits in the Jordan Rift, a fault zone with steep hills and mountains all around it. The Mediterranean Ocean is only 27 miles to the west. West winds blow off the Ocean and
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A Word of Grace – August 20, 2012
Dear Friends: This is the fifth message of a series on the sea stories of Jesus. Crossing the water is a persistent challenge to human adequacy. Is there one of us who doesn’t face some gulf that we can’t span? Some flood that overwhelms us? Some distance greater than our weak faith can seem to
A Word of Grace – August 6, 2012
Dear Friends: This is the third in a series of messages on the sea stories of Jesus. If speaking of the sea, it seems right to include its useful contents. There are 18 different species of fish indigenous to the Sea of Galilee or Kinneret as it is now known. Of these, the three most
A Word of Grace – June 18, 2012
Dear Friends: “My son,” the father said, “you are always with me, and everything I have is yours” (Luke 15:31). Word of Mom’s illness summoned my three siblings and me home. We went with Dad to Mom’s hospital bedside to encourage her before surgery. Miles and years had separated the four of us and altered
A Word of Grace – June 11, 2012
Dear Friends: Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Friend. who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you? And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s