John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed…
Without food, we won’t last long. If we understand that, how much more people in the days of Jesus, when crop failures and famines were real things? Though the Roman…
It must have been around 1980 or so. I was sitting in a theater watching a movie and eating Jujyfruits—turns out they’re still making those. I noticed an ad on…
Jesus has been telling those who want to be his followers about the sort of life they are to live. He has been telling them about the disposition of the…
I heard some advice that if you can get something done in two minutes or less, then do it. Don’t put off until mañana what you can do today. In…
Growing up, I’d sometimes ask my father for some money. He didn’t often have much, but I don’t recall him ever saying no. Later, when I was away at college…
I want a church where real need can find real help; I believe that you want that, too. When I preach, I aim to make the heart of my…
Morning has broken, like the first morning. Not one of those slow, sad women thought that. Easter doesn’t begin with joy; it was just a slow, sad walk to the…
Jesus has just fed five thousand, and when the boat lands back on the other side of the Sea of Galilee, not far from Capernaum, in Gennesaret, another five thousand…
God shall supply all your need. I never grow tired of hearing that. I rejoice when I hear that! Those words speak in the emptiest parts of me and…