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A couple’s marriage was crumbling; the husband’s heart had morphed to stone. He had dearly loved her for years, but now struggled to demonstrate it in the way she recognized. As insecurity grew, he assumed he could never please her. He stopped trying … and eventually...

This week we’ll recognize some of our graduating seniors and we’ll do so by looking at what Jesus has to say to all of us when he talks about true greatness. A group of tourists were visiting a picturesque village when they walked by an old man sitting on a bench. In...

Researchers have found that babies pay attention when their mothers open their mouths even before the babies are born. In one study of women at 25 weeks gestation, the scientists noted that their babies opened their mouths more often when the mother sang a nursery...

The Bible often depicts Jesus as the Good Shepherd and we as the sheep. Not many of us want to be thought of as sheep. And yet there is great comfort in thinking of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. Sheep are known to wander off in countless distractions and nibble...

In John 17:1-8, Jesus prays for his disciples before going to the cross for us at Calvary. What does He pray that we would know?  He prays for three things. First, that we would see the Father has given Jesus authority over all things. Second, that we would know that...

There’s one question that has the potential to cause more harm in relationships than any other. “What’s in it for me?” Selfishness infiltrates the human heart. It’s a malady that makes the Black Plague look like the common cold. No other infirmity has caused more...

When Luke writes the final chapter of his gospel (chapter 24), he employs a clever narrative device called literary irony. It’s a set up where the reader is aware of important facts that are hidden from the characters in the account. It’s especially powerful because...

Many years ago there was a great loss in the entertainment world. Larry LaPrise, the Detroit native who wrote the song “The Hokey Pokey”, died at age 83. Though he died peacefully, it was a difficult time for the family—especially when it was time to put him in the...

This Palm Sunday or Sunday of the Passion, we enter Holy Week, the time when we recall Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem and his eventual death on the cross. What starts out on an emotional high and time of celebration and singing Hosanna, quickly turns dour and gloomy, a...

As we continue this Sunday in the gospel of Mark, it’s back to reality. Jesus and his closest comrades have just come down off the mountain where Jesus was transfigured before them … and now it’s back to reality confronting real world problems, a boy possessed with an...