In the town of Werden in Germany, there’s a stone carving of a lamb on the roof of the Catholic church. That’s an unusual place to put a statue, as few people will see it up there, but in this case the roof was the appropriate location—due to an...
Some years ago a fisherman—someone we’ll call Pete—was in a rowboat out on a bay that connected to the ocean. It was a quiet night, except for a loud-mouthed man on a yacht anchored in the bay; because of his incoherent singing and shouting, it was...
The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. But, should they have been astonished? NO! Unless they had forgotten God’s promise recorded in the Book of Deuteronomy (18:18): I will...
Around Thanksgiving, many of us try to pause and reflect on the things we are grateful for in our lives. Gratitude doesn’t come easy for humans, but on the fourth Thursday in November many of us do our best to try to be grateful, at least for this...
A woman named Bonnie had little experience of family love and support when she was growing up; she had also received no training in religion. Years later, as a single mother of two young children, there were no relatives or friends to assist her, no...
A boy who was swimming in a lake one summer day went out too far and found himself in danger of drowning; fortunately, a man saw what was happening, and at the risk of his own life, swam out and rescued him. Afterwards the boy said, “Thank you for...
In antiquity, the only measure that could be adopted to curtail leprosy and prevent contamination was the creation of boundaries similar to other boundaries that figure prominently in the Bible. Here are the most well-known: No impure foods must...
On Monday, 26 August, I celebrated my forty seventh birthday. Every birthday is for me a splendid occasion to say thank you, forgive me and please help me. The first word that spontaneously comes into my heart is thank you! I have alot of...
