Of Death and Heaven
The torches burned long into the night in the banquet hall. Their flickering light cast grotesque shadows across the huge table.
Back to Bethany
The passage we will be walking through today is the Gospel lesson from Saint John. This passage is traditionally known as “Jesus’ anointing at Bethany.”
Being Troubled
I keep hearing that the average age of our residents is getting younger and I know this for sure.
It’s All About Impression
Have you ever said something to somebody that you later regretted? A man named Bob Monkhouse says he got angry at the manager of his local dry cleaners and expressed his anger quite forcefully.
Security in Faith
A visiting preacher in a small town in Kentucky was concerned when he began the first night of a revival meeting and noticed all of the men were wearing or carrying guns.
A Time for Us
In the musical, West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein's modern paraphrase of Romeo and Juliet, Tony and Maria, the two lovers, confidently sing that there will be "a time for us,"
Who are saints?
Chicago newspaper columnist Bob Greene writes about a ten-year-old girl named Sarah Meyers whose grandfather had died. Sarah's mother said, "He hadn't been feeling well for sometime."
The Pressure of Life
Do you ever feel like you live in a pressure cooker? Did you know that it takes longer to cook food at high altitudes, because at high altitudes the air pressure is much lower than in the lower plains?
The Importance of Being Generous
Did you know that at one time generosity was illegal in Santa Cruz, California? That's right. It was illegal for someone to put money in other people's parking meters without their permission.
How You Live Matters
There are two birds that fly over our nation's deserts: One is the hummingbird and the other is the vulture. The vultures find the rotting meat of the desert, because that is what they look for.