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Cathy writes: “I was going through some old emails (yes, I keep everything it seems like) and came across this “Catch” from 2008.  I really liked it and forwarded it to everyone at work (they’re all worth forwarding – but … Continue reading →

One of our readers once wrote that she had bought a number of books to help inspire her along the way but none of them had done the trick. “These writers are good Christian people,” she observed about the authors, … Continue reading →

From last Friday’s Catch about a psychologist painting the homeless, our friend, Carole has brought us some additional insight. She writes: “Funny how each of us sees something different in folks we meet. A friend of mine and I used … Continue reading →

Priscilla from Rochester wrote an insightful comment after Wednesday’s Catch about my trauma over seeing what everyone else sees all the time about me: the back of my bald head. Hers involves the way she used to see her family’s … Continue reading →

“[The gospel] is not a question to be answered or a puzzle to be solved. It is a paradox to be relished, a wild, outrageous secret to be astonished at and then snitched to the world as the greatest joke … Continue reading →

I wish that for just one time You could stand inside my shoes Then you’d know what a drag it is To see you    – Bob Dylan I’m sure we all have seen someone who combs ten inches of hair … Continue reading →

Often, as a child, when I complained about some ache or pain that had no clear physical explanation, the simple parental diagnosis was: “It’s just growing pains.” I used to imagine my muscles and bones actually hurting while they stretched … Continue reading →

Someone sent in the following question based on a quote from a recent Catch. The Quote: “God’s purposes in our lives are… found out by failing to do the right thing and finding out, lo and behold, that God wanted … Continue reading →

One of our teleconference participants has lived for some time with a worry that she might get to heaven and find out that nobody is there because of her. This may seem odd to some of you, but I sympathize … Continue reading →

“I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.” John 10:9 In this pregnant one-sentence parable of Jesus, Christ is in a pivotal place. Jesus is the gate … Continue reading →