My mother taught me the basic stitches of embroidery when I was young, and I have continued doing this needlework all my life. It is an enjoyable and rewarding hobby, and I glory in the colourful threads and canvas, slowly revealing its beautiful pattern. In case...
I was the third car back in a long line. We were stuck in the middle of town while the water company dug through the pavement to reach a leaking water line. I looked around the street while I waited not knowing that I was about to witness a minor miracle. As I looked...
With the benefit of hindsight (having completed the historical recap in the second part of this series), today we come to the penultimate part of our series "the Success Story of the Unsuccessful Prophets", focusing therein on two sub-titles... Softened... Of the era...
I'm dancing in my blindness and rejoicing in my disability. Crazy statement, isn't it? But I think you'll agree with the reason I have joy dancing in my soul. First, my friend, who has been there for me for years, always answers, "No problem...that was easy," each of...
Last Tuesday, in "Lessons From Jesus' Trial," Part 3, we learned from the courts of Pilate that we are to openly live by Truth in such a way that others can know Truth by simply observing us. We also learned that we are to trust Jesus' words that those whose ears are...
Today's mini-sermon is the 4th of a 12-part series on the 9th chapter of John. It will be appearing in the Saturday, Sunday and Thursday additions of the Answers2Prayer newsletters. “As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when...
Why should we pray, anyway? Just what is the point of having a "prayer ministry"? Dumb question, you may say. After all, this newsletter is part of Answers2Prayer, an internet prayer ministry! Yes, the answers to this question does seem kind of...
Scenario No. 1: A child has just become a victim of a hit and run accident. Now, laying in the middle of the road, with traffic coming. Their back could be injured, making it not safe to move them. You begin to pray, "Oh, dear God, 'help me'...
"John's disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus. When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place." (Matt 14:12, 13a) When Jesus hears the sad news of the death of his cousin, John the...
Our story today begins with the death of Jesus' cousin, John the Baptist: "The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her [Herodias'] request be granted and had John beheaded in the prison . . . John's disciples came...