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'For this I came into the world, to testify to the truth, everyone on the side of truth listens to me. What is truth? Pilate asked. With this he went out again to the Jews and said; I find no basis for a charge against him.” (John 18:37-38 NIV) “My sheep listen to my...
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'" (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV) We arrived at the 5 story Embassy Suite in Detroit, Mich., ready to unpack and settle in. “May I see which...
I was in a shop the other day, looking for a particular item. I went along the shelf, searching, shifting items, reading labels and looking at them closely. For all I knew there could have been surveillance cameras recording my every move but I simply did not care....
I learned music as a child and the day the odd shapes on a page connected with the notes on my instrument, a whole new dimension of sound exploded. The world of glorious music connected with my ordinary world and I could unite them simply through my fingers. A similar...
On a national day, two brothers stood in an outdoor meeting listening to their father give a brief Christian talk. At the finish of the talk, the father said, "A transcript of this talk is freely available to anyone who would like to have it." One of the brothers was...
For Tiger Woods his father Earl was more than a father. He was his coach too, fine tuning his game all the time. Hence it is not surprising that in most of the functions arranged to felicitate him, the Tiger waxes eloquent about his father, the coach. Like in golf, an...
As a Speech-Language Pathologist, just before Christmas can be an extremely busy time in the Rehab and Chronic care hospital where I work. Besides my out-patient responsibilities, I am currently responsible for a chronic floor and a rehab floor, and as Christmas...
To walk on water. Our reaction to these words is a good measure of where we are with God. It can't be done: Faith and trust are absent, we stand alone. For Jesus, not me: Faith is present but trust is lacking, we see God, but in the distance. I can if He calls me:...
Who bear the deepest misery inside? Who know the greatest emptiness? Those who claim that Jesus lied and choose a life that's meaningless. Each Good Friday I leave the busy-ness of life and seek a place where I can reflect on Jesus, His death, the resurrection, and...
This year has come and gone so quickly. I am thinking that time moves so quickly as if it has gotten away from me somehow. But what is time really? In an attempt to define time, I think of all the things it has meant to me. I have wasted time. I have also done things...
Years ago there was a television show called Cheers. Much of its popularity had to do with the idea that regardless of what might be happening in the characters' lives, good or bad, these people had a place to go where they could be with friends. The show's opening...
"Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes." (Eph. 6:11 NIV) Last Sunday I wore some high heel shoes for several hours which I hadn’t put on since last winter. I don’t know what happened, - if they shrunk in my closet or...
It will soon be the beginning of a new year. A year that will bring rejoicing and grief, laughter and tears, good times and bad. Will it also mark the year that Christ will return? No one can know, because Jesus tells us that no one knows the day or...