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Ability – the capacity to do something or perform successfully Availability – the state of being present and ready for use God doesn’t want your ability as much as he wants your availability. He doesn’t want you working for Him … Continue reading →

Two men walking down a road. Stuff’s been happening. Big stuff. Jerusalem is all a buzz. They’re trying to sort it all out. Suddenly some other man joins them. They’ve never seen him before. Wants to know what they’re talking … Continue reading →

It’s Monday and Christ is still risen. This may seem obvious on one hand, but it’s really not. We made a big deal about this yesterday, but the real deal may be what happens today. On Easter we celebrate an … Continue reading →

What a difference a day makes. Friday All is lost. Where are all his followers now? Such fair-weather friends. Nothing but the cynical and the broken-hearted left. What was it that soldier said, “How can he save anyone if he … Continue reading →

Please give me a drink. – John 4:7 We worship a God who became a vulnerable human being. Superman took kryptonite. Samson lost his hair. Jack Frost relinquished his wintry powers to become the town tailor. Jesus got thirsty and … Continue reading →

As far as we know, he was the first Christian – the first one to believe in Jesus, even before His resurrection. He didn’t live very long as a Christian. He didn’t have time to straighten out his life. He … Continue reading →

See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.  (Isaiah 49:16) Not in the sky, because the sky is too high Not in the clouds, because the clouds can’t hold you Not on a stone, for a stone … Continue reading →

Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up. (John 3:14) Do you ever wonder why Jesus had to die such an awful death? I wonder about this from time … Continue reading →

In his answer to my challenge to finish yesterday’s Catch about how if there is one lost soul, I am lost, Tim sent us a song performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ray Charles and others with the lyric: “None of us … Continue reading →

One of our regular readers turned me on to a statement by Eugene Debs (1855-1926). Debs was an American labor union leader at a time when workers were third class citizens and treated like slaves by their employers. He spoke … Continue reading →