Parable of the Lamp
8: 16-18 Jesus then told another parable: “No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed. A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light can be seen by all who enter the house. For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the...
In Need of Stable Housing
We have known Crystal for 9 months and during that time, have seen her go from being homeless and without her children to in her own space and working two jobs to provide for her family. It seems that with every step forward, something comes along and sets her back...
Parable of the Farmer Scattering Seed
8: 1-15 Jesus began a tour of nearby town and villages teaching those who would listen about God. He took his twelve disciples with him, along with some well to do women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases and who out of gratitude for their healings,...
Thanksgiving
Deb and I celebrated Thanksgiving with two of her cousins and their spouses in Myrtle Beach. Food and fellowship were so great that we never even took time to walk the Beach! The three cousins reminiscing speculated that it had been 40+ years since they had set...
Deuteronomy 10
God renews his covenant with Israel after the initial tablets containing the ten commandments were shattered. Moses created two more tablets and took them up the mountain, again for forty days, while God inscribed on them what had previously been written. When Moses...
Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman
7: 36-50 One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, either to learn from him or in an attempt to trap him. A local woman whose behaviors conflicted with traditionally held moral principles (more than likely, a prostitute who had heard Jesus preach...
Acceptance is Found at Church!
OMG!!! I had the privilege of attending the Haywood Street Congregation church this morning and I have never felt more a part of God's community as I did in this church! It is amazing! When we first arrived, there were several homeless individuals gathered around...
Jesus and John the Baptist
7: 18-35 John the Baptist’s disciples saw and heard all that Jesus was doing throughout his travels and reported what they witnessed back to John. John was in prison at the time. When he heard the news, he was confused. Although he was doing the work of the...
Chronically Homeless
I'm up in Asheville, NC for a Thanksgiving vacation with family. We went into the downtown area to get a bite to eat. Afterwards we walked around and found a playground for my son Cameron to burn some energy on. All around the playground of rocks were homeless...
Raising up a Widow’s Son
7: 11-17 Soon after healing the officer’s slave, Jesus went with his disciples to the village of Nain, followed by a large crowd. A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the gate to the village. The only son of a widow had died and a large crowd was...