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Jesus warned his disciples not to tell anyone who he was. Luke 9:21 Have you ever wondered why Jesus “warned his disciples...
My wife and I knew something was wrong with our daughter’s eyes within a week of her birth. One of them tended to drift inward while the other looked straight ahead. An eye...
For eight years Paul Johnson has been the provider of the morning fix. But he also offers a familiar smile and warm...
I sat in the tiny hospital room holding my almost-one-year-old squirmy girl, settling into our twelfth hour of visitation in two days. My mother-in-law slept as the latest round of pain medication eased...
I sit alone in a row of chairs, waiting. They've done what they can to make the room inviting. The chairs are upholstered in trendy colors. They've stuffed fake greenery into ceramic pots...
“Daughter,” he said to her, “your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” Luke 8:44 Yesterday, I began reflecting on Luke 8:40-56, a passage that focuses on two miracles of Jesus. In...
I came late to a theory of the necessity of beauty. I'm a task-driven person who used to put my stainless steel pots on the table as a signal that dinner was served...
As we come to the end of our journey through The Spirit of Food: 34 Writers On Feasting and Fasting Toward God, it feels like we have traveled to faraway places and now...
On Friday, the earthquake hit Japan. I was probably drinking a cup of tea when it happened. It is my afternoon habit...
I enjoy solving, and telling, riddles while hiking with others. Like this one: “There are fifty-two bicycles and a dead man in a room. What happened?” Riddles take work to solve - the...
The LORD is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. For he knows how weak...
