How many times did you hear as a child, “It’s better to give than to receive”? Perhaps from a parent or grandparent or favorite aunt or uncle. Usually, it preceded trips to the shopping mall to buy Christmas or birthday presents. As a child, it can be challenging to...
Jesus could have chosen anyone to be a part of His human ancestry. For reasons known only in the mind of God, He chose Tamar to bear the son who would carry on the royal line of Judah. God wove their son Perez into the lineage of Christ until the kingship finally...
Recently, I set out to make a small pot of chili. Yet as it cooked, I decided it needed more beans. Then it needed more tomatoes. Now the meat was skimpy. I started out with a small batch and ended up with enough chili to feed the neighborhood! For the next week, I...
“Give Thanks.” It’s such a small phrase, isn’t it? What circumstance prompts this phrase most often? What comes to mind for you? Perhaps family gathered together around a table to say grace…or maybe a Thanksgiving tradition where each person takes a turn to share...
“Let’s cross to the other side of the lake,” Jesus tells His disciples in Luke 8:22. Why did He want to cross the lake? On the surface, the answer seems simple enough: to get to the other side. But the story is actually an incredible rescue mission! It begins in...
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