BAD MOUTHING
Thomas Watson (1515-1584) a Catholic Bishop in England wrote: “The scorpion carries his poison in his tail; the slanderer in his tongue.” It matters how we […]
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WATER TO WINE
The first miracle that Jesus performed in his earthly ministry was at a wedding in Cana of Galilee. In the Gospel of John 2: “The […]
HOW YOU SHALL CONDUCT YOURSELF
Mechthild of Magdeburg (1207-1290) was a German mystic and leader of an abbey during the Middle Ages and she wrote: How You Shall Conduct Yourself: […]
THE NEXT WAR
It is unfortunate, but true, concerning two issues about war: “there will be wars and rumors of war” and three prophetic writers tell us the […]
GOD’S CHILDREN
The Gospel of John 1:12 has this great promise: “But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children […]
KNOWING WHERE WE ARE GOING
We will never get anywhere if we don’t start somewhere. And I have learned that some people think it is worth a Mapquest, Google map […]
FINISH WORK
Building construction consists in a building site, plans and blueprints, layout, foundation, framing, plumbing and electrical and so on up to the roof and then […]
ONE OUT OF MANY
“Reinhold Niebuhr said it well, “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”Despite our flaws and failings, we […]
NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTHOUSES
As followers of the Light of the World it seems like our homes and lifestyles should be like lighthouses in our neighborhoods. Places where darkness […]
GETTING TO THE POOL
A story is recorded in John 5 about “a man sick for 38 years” who “lay with many sick, blind, lame and withered people” (v.3) […]