1 Corinthians 1: 10-19 A couple was celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary. A friend remarked to the husband, “It’s amazing how well you and your wife get along. Don’t you ever have disagreements?” The honored husband replied, “Oh, sure, quite often.” “And yet,” friend said, “you must get over them quickly.” “Ah, that’s the secret,”…
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Our Epiphany
Matthew 3: 1-17 Christmas break was over and the teacher was asking the class about their vacations. She turned to one boy and asked him what he did over the break. “We visited my grandmother in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania,” he replied. “That sounds like an excellent spelling word,” the teacher said. “Can you tell the class…
What We’re Meant to Do
Mark 8: 27-38 We’d made plans. We planned for today to be our second Vacation Bible School Sunday. The curriculum was set, the volunteers and their responsibilities were set. Our schedule of activities for the kids was already in black and white. Then exposure to COVID changed everything. The kids and their parents can’t come…
Crosses and Costs
Mark 8: 31-38 A husband says to his wife, “I don’t want to brag, but here it is February, and I’ve kept every one of my New Year’s resolutions. I’ve kept them in a manila folder in the back of my desk.” Some of us make resolutions like one man said to his friend, “There’s…
Psalm 102 in The Message 