As I talked with my friend today, he mentioned the story about the man we call the prodigal son. He suggested that he was always intended to come home. Else, why would the father have waited on the road day after day, ready to run to him when he appeared? But, it was the errant ...
Bella notices something odd about the new doctor at her work. As Peter’s story unwinds, his fate is ultimately left to the family that took him in, but Bella has no intention of giving up the boy in her
15 When he had spoken such words to me, I turned my face toward the ground and became speechless. – Touch # 2 16 And suddenly, one having the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke, saying to him who stood before me, “My lord, because o...
One of Preston Sturges most popular films and a highly influential comedy, ‘Sullivan’s Travels’ tells the story of a Hollywood director (Joel McCrea) who sets out to live the life of a poor man as research for his next film, a socially relevant drama. ‘Billy Wilder told me, you’...
“You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You know what I am going to say even before I say it,Lord.” (Psalm 139:3-4, NLT) As I talked with my friend today, he mentioned the story about the man we call the prodigal son. He suggested ...
my PSA and it had been cut in half. Every six months I would have it rechecked and each time my PSA was lower than the time before. All was well for the next eight years, and life had seemingly returned to normal. I wish, though, that was the end of the story. But it is not...
“Come to me and I’ll give you rest from your heavy load. You don’t need to labor under the burden of the past another minute.” Simple faith opens the way forward. Unlike the story of Pandora, we’re not left with a weak and ineffective hero. No, our hope is aguarantee, not...
“Come to me and I’ll give you rest from your heavy load. You don’t need to labor under the burden of the past another minute.” Simple faith opens the way forward. Unlike the story of Pandora, we’re not left with a weak and ineffective hero. No, our hope is aguarantee, not...
The needy person in the story is a Jew. The one who shows love is a Samaritan. The Jews and Samaritans were enemies. The Samaritan had every reason to look at the man lying in the road and say, “this man wouldn’t help me if our roles were reversed.” But love for the ...
I put the fear of fire on him, and wrung the true story out of him, bit by bit, together with much snivelling and snarling. He thought he was misunderstood and ill-used. But when he had at last told me his history, as far as the end of the Riddle-game and Bilbo’s escape, he...