Tag Archives: service

‘Sensei’ Roberta

Posted on August 19, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading today’s Catch.) A servant of the Lord and dear friend of the Catch is now in the arms of Jesus. I am sure God had a grand welcome for Roberta Stevens, one … 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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Presidents Day thoughts

Posted on February 21, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading today’s Catch.) When you think about President’s Day, it’s easy to picture the President in a place of prestige and power. But it’s really so much more. The President is the ultimate … Continue reading →

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It’s about everybody but you

Posted on May 24, 2021 by jwfisch

The evening meal was in progress. The devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. The end was near, and Jesus wanted nothing more than to share this meal together with his disciples. But the … Continue reading →

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The Advocate

Posted on April 12, 2021 by jwfisch

Angela walked off the Greyhound bus in downtown Los Angeles near skid row with a paper sack of belongings and $200 minus her bus fare that got her there from prison. She was dusty and scared, with nowhere to go … Continue reading →

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Queen Esther

Posted on July 22, 2020 by jwfisch

Now there was a certain Jew living in exile in the city of Susa in Persia, seat of the king’s now queen-less palace, named Mordecai. And Mordecai had a cousin named Esther whom he had taken in and cared for … Continue reading →

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Love in action

Posted on June 12, 2018 by jwfisch

It was a bizarre idea. A wildly impulsive good deed. Something that doesn’t happen except for maybe once or twice in a lifetime. But in smaller ways, it could be emulated in a hundred different ways as long as it … Continue reading →

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Come together, right now, over me

Posted on March 9, 2016 by jwfisch

It’s a silly, nonsensical Beatles song (even George Harrison admitted that), but its most memorable line is the word for the church today: “Come together, right now, over me,” if by that we mean: Come together over Jesus.

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Are we guilty of narcissistic spirituality?

Posted on February 17, 2016 by jwfisch

A little guilt is good; too much guilt is selfish. To wallow in one’s guilt is to place too much importance on oneself. I think for too long, we have been too obsessed with our own spirituality. God doesn’t want … Continue reading →

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Lose it and use it

Posted on February 26, 2015 by jwfisch

If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. (Mark 8:35) I think I just figured out why I’ve been so irritable lately. Oh, you wouldn’t know because you don’t have to live with me, but … Continue reading →

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