Mark 14:43 Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders.Yesterday, I received a report from a small community in Nigeria in which a...
A tear aimlessly rolled down my cheek, dripping off my chin to splatter onto my pant leg. The words echoed through my blank mind: "Why, Lord? Why?"We were in Kingston, Ontario overnight, and would be home from our 3 ½ week trek to New Brunswick and Prince Edward...
We planted some patio tomatoes in pots on our deck last summer, and we were absolutely amazed at how many tomatoes they produced. We could almost always count on having a handful ripe tomatoes on any day, and all of them juicy, sweet and delicious.One day my wife...
Eph 5:1-2 "Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God." NIVEph 5:15-16 "Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise,...
We used to have a bedtime ritual when my children were small. "I don't love you this much," I'd say, holding my hands a few inches apart, "and I don't love you this much [hands a foot apart now], or this much, or this much" (the gap growing wider until it was as far...
On Thursday afternoon, October 28, 2004, Matt Casias was working at his print shop on Santa Fe Drive in Denver , Colorado . He looked out his window and saw a woman being mugged. Three men were assaulting her... struggling with her for her purse.Matt jumped up and ran...
As a child, I was blessed with a vivid imagination. This served me well for many years, but as I reached adolescence, it turned completely against me! It slapped me awake one morning with a wretched thought: "YOU must have been-ADOPTED!"I couldn't exactly argue the...
