Author Archives: jwfisch

Going back and forth

Posted on April 11, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) It seems like of late there has been a spate of movie/video projects chronicling the Jesus Movement of the early 1970s. The Jesus Music (the movie) came out last year, … Continue reading →

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The awesome authority of prayer

Posted on April 8, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) “I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, I tell you … Continue reading →

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There are no little prayers

Posted on April 7, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) We’ve been talking about prayer this week — big prayer —prayer against the forces of evil, prayer for suffering refugees, prayer for God to intervene in these destructive movements of … Continue reading →

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A prayer for today

Posted on April 6, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Seven years ago, when the world was in the grip of ISIS terror, we were led in prayer on one of our BlogTalkRadio podcasts by Pastor Doug Stevens. I stumbled … Continue reading →

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Kingdom refugees

Posted on April 5, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.” Matthew 8:20 We are stardust; we are golden And we’ve got … Continue reading →

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Send angels

Posted on April 4, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) War sucks. I thought the picture of two corpses on the side of a suburban street with their roller luggage intact and the only thing standing after trying to escape, … Continue reading →

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The real Charlie Brown

Posted on April 1, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading today’s Catch. Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other notorious sinners. (There were many people of this kind among … Continue reading →

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‘What’s wrong with the world today’

Posted on March 31, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) As the story goes, The [London] Times once sent out an inquiry to famous authors asking the question “What’s wrong with the world today?” to which author G.K. Chesterton replied: … Continue reading →

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‘The skin I’m in’

Posted on March 30, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) “I don’t deny… that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say… it is necessary to have another kind of priests, called … Continue reading →

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On the road again

Posted on March 29, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Yesterday was Catch Ministry Day at the ballpark. I figured four people associated with the Catch at a single event was enough to make it official. On my left is … Continue reading →

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