Memories of a Packed School Lunch
As I was packing lunches on Saturday to hand out to folks, it brought back memories of sitting in the cafeteria of my school watching my friends and classmates pull out their lunches from brown paper bags, eating in a room with others, talking and laughing, in between...
Lunch Packs and Fellowship
We had a great time at the outreach yesterday! We handed out waterproof, drawstring bags filled with toiletries and T-Shirts and lunch bags full of homemade sandwiches, apples, chips, soup and a bottle of water with an electrolyte mix, all decorated for Christmas, or...
Wisemen–The rest of the Story
One of my good friends sent me a super list of Christmas gifts I could buy. Cool things such as full-face sunglasses, a Willie Nelson Chia Pet, or finger chopsticks for video gamers. The list of gifts was prefaced by mention of the first recorded gift givers— three...
Among the Discarded
What do you see when you see someone living on the street? What do you see when you meet someone who has been struggling with the ups and downs of life? I see someone not so different from me. Someone who has experienced loss and trauma in their past, and who longs...
Jesus Heals in Response to Faith
8: 40-56 On the other side of the lake, the crowds had been waiting for Jesus and they welcomed him as he arrived. A leader of the local synagogue came and fell at Jesus’s feet, pleading with him to come home with him. His only daughter, who was about twelve years...
Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Man
8: 26-39 They finally arrived at the other side of the lake, across from Galilee. As Jesus was climbing out of the boat, a man who was possessed by demons came out to meet him. The man had been homeless and naked for a long time, living in a cave outside of town...
Jesus Calms The Storm
8: 22 - 25 There was a lake where Jesus was teaching. He looked around and asked his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake. They all got into a boat and took off. As they were sailing, Jesus settled in for a nap. A fierce storm came down on the lake and...
Jesus’ Definition of Family
8: 19-21 Jesus’s mother and brothers (Joseph and Mary’s later children) came to see him, but they couldn’t get to him because of the crowd. Someone informed Jesus that they were there, standing outside, and that they wanted to see him. Jesus replied, “My mother and...
Where Do We Believe Hell Exists?
On one of our trips to visit folks at a local bus stop, we encounted a group of men gathered around talking. We handed out slips of paper that had scripture on it, along with an invite to attend a Bible Study at the Bojangles where we meet on Saturdays. There have...
Deuteronomy 11
Moses strongly encourages the people to not only remember all that they had witnessed since their departure from Egypt and all that God had done for them along the way, but to pass it on to their children and future generations as they will not have the experiences,...