In our weekly Bible study, we discuss Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee – a wonderful, well-known, and beloved story (Matthew 8:23-27). This event is so ingrained in our knowledge of the Gospels that it might be lost in over-familiarity. With each reading, we have the opportunity to dig deeper and see anew. Our…
Tag: prayer
263. Talk Priorities
Words are the sound of thoughts. For most people, they are the reality of sound- waves in ears, also their own. Words have sound nuances – whisper words, fighting words, love words, hate words. Words are given to humans to convey their inner being and make it public. Words are power. Words are the instrument of lies, but also…
256. Come and talk, anytime
As always, the year has started at a rapid pace. Here at the end of the first month, a routine has taken hold, and the treadmill of life is in motion. If you don’t keep up, you fall off – as simple as that. Time is ruthless. Well, maybe I shouldn’t be so negative about the passage of time. I’ll…
253. Christmas-multiplication
December has come and we are well into celebrating the four words of Advent. Four Sundays before Christmas we hear the message again and again – rightly so. We need it. We need to be washed in the water of the Word to be cleansed and ready for the Feast. We give the content to our Christmas celebrations; we make contact with others…
251. Light in the tunnel…s
It is correct – the plural of tunnel. I know we often use the expression “light at the end of the tunnel” to signify hope in a situation that may seem dark now. Tunnel or tunnels – we are searching for light. A tunnel is always dark without light being brought in from outside. We read…
243. A “Rome-day”
Slowly but surely during my childhood years, I acquired a deep admiration for Europe and everything European – lifestyle, food and gardening combined with all the gorgeous fabrics and furniture, coffee in cozy cafés, tea in dainty cups and teapots with tea cozies insulating the brew to stretch the ritual of a culture that celebrated creativity…
238. The fiery trial is not foreign
There are a few phrases and verses in the Bible that might get lost in the shallow understanding of familiarity. It is too easy to say the Our Father from memory and hastily ramble through the lines of Psalm 23 entirely missing the fullness of meaning. The Bible is not social media or the morning paper. The truth that sets…
231. Body language of the soul
There are professionals who specialize in “reading” attitudes and feelings by carefully observing facial expressions and postures. They interpret it as a demonstration of a person’s inner being and unspoken thoughts – a window to the soul. Just a slight upturned eyebrow, eyes squinted deliberately, hands clasped or wrung or a foot tapping or tensely upturned would…
230. Pray for the impossible
Don’t give up. Our God specializes in things thought impossible. Sing the song of Moses: “Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? (Exodus 15) The immeasurable privilege to enter the throne room of the Most High God of the universe, by the Blood of Jesus, is unequaled on the list of human privileges that…
205. Overpowered and overwhelmed
[Passover 2021] A few hours in an ancient garden changed the world forever. Men in action, words spoken, and an unrelenting chain of events that will change the course of history and the calculation of time. Let us time travel back to the hours in the garden of Gethsemane. In my desire to learn something new every…
Pebbles of Perpetuity 