Transfiguration of Our Lord: Luke 9:28-45; Psalm 36:5-10 Mar2 28About eight days after Jesus said these things, he took Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.29As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes flashed white like lightning.30...
...while we wait for the blessed hope - the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,... - Titus 2:13
A thousand scriptures took on a new and more perfect meaning. I had been carefully and prayerfully studying the lives of biblical characters who suffered, but until the Word of God came to me, I had failed to notice the simplest and most important point which they all had clearly made. ...
Our last conversation took place less than 48 hours before her passing (perhaps even less than 24, I don’t remember), and despite the morphine, she was still her spunky self. Sincere props to her husband and son for connecting us in time. It’s haunting and rare to converse with someo...
Jesus Has Risen - On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionBelieve in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.New Living TranslationPut your trust in the light while there is still time; the...
Getting pregnant was a bit like the run on the Bailey Savings and Loan that kept poor George Bailey from getting out of Bedford Falls inIt’s a Wonderful Life. Only I didn’t stay and save the town from Potter. I took the money and ran. ...
Solomon committed his own sins, but Jesus – though completely sinless himself – bore our iniquities. He took them upon himself.” The server returned to take their orders, and Anne used the interruption to process this new perspective. After rattling off their usual selections, she leaned in...
gave it to the disciples, and said, 'Take, eat; this is my body.' 27 Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, saying, 'Drink from it, all of you; 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.'"...
anxious and worried about many things. Like Martha, we can become very anxious thinking that the whole of life depends on ME. Mary, though, chose, the “good portion”: it depends on Thee, O Lord. We need to fall back, “…into Christ Himself”. We need to hear again the Word, Ar...