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Do We Really Want New Life? May 16, 2021 There was a certain man there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus noticed him lying there , knowing that he had been in that condition a long time (38 years), He said to…
Domine, non nisi Te Aug 10, 2018 The flood of temporal things draws us after itself, but in this flood there is, as it were, a full-grown tree: our Lord Jesus Christ. He took flesh, died, and ascended to heaven. It is as…
Love Loses Apr 15, 2018 We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~ Maya Angelou And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil…
Our Schizophrenic faith Aug 26, 2017 Each of us is something of a schizophrenic personality, tragically divided against ourselves. ~ Martin Luther King Jr. O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed…
Surrounded by G_d’s Goodness And Mercy May 29, 2017 “To say to an Orthodox Jew, “I would like to have dinner with you,” is understood as “I would like to enter into friendship with you.” Even today, members of Orthodox Jewry will share a donut…
Worn-Out Wandering Jan 5, 2017 And men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, yet pass over the…
We Hunger for What We Eat Dec 4, 2016 We live as hungry people in a hungry world. Everyone is looking for something that will sustain and nourish life, something that will feed and energize, something that will fill and satisfy. Everyone is looking for…
Living A Breakthrough Life Mar 22, 2016 Imagine that Jesus is calling you today. He extends a second invitation to accept His Father’s love. And maybe you answer, “Oh, I know that. It’s old hat.”…And God answers, ‘No, that’s what you don’t know.…
His Victory in The Breaches of Our Lives Feb 7, 2016 Defeat may serve as well as victoryTo shake the soul and let the glory out.When the great oak is straining in the windThe boughs drink in new beauty, and the trunkSends down a deeper root on…