Dear Friends: When they reached Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher pay the temple tax?” He said, “Yes, he does.” And when he came home, Jesus spoke of it first, asking, “What do you think, Simon? From who do the kings of the earth take toll
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A Word of Grace – April 30, 2012
Dear Friends: Our life is not found in our sufficiency, but in what we do with our deficiencies. What do when we’ve done all the right things and it doesn’t work out? Consider with me the testimony of the ancient scribe Baruch found in chapters 36 and 45 of the Book of Jeremiah. The prophet
A Word of Grace – April 23, 2012
Dear Friends: O Lord, God of my salvation, when, at night, I cry out in your presence, let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry. For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. Psalm 88:1-3 I stop and look back down
A Word of Grace – April 16, 2012
Dear Friends: On a Monday morning, facing the steep climb of the work week ahead, I take grace from wherever I can find it. I find grace this particular morning in an observation of Patty, my fitness trainer. She meets me twice a week at the physical therapy clinic and attempts the difficult task of
A Word of Grace – April 9, 2012
Dear Friends: If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those who have also died in Christ have perished. If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. (1 Cor 15:17-18). I grew up where