For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. (1 Cor. 1:18) His name was Linwood. He was the part-time janitor at the country church where I once served. As the church grew, Linwood had a hard …
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Our Father
Pray then in this way: ‘Our Father who art in heaven…' (Mt. 6:8) This was the first prayer I learned. I have said it at funerals, weddings, while giving Last Rites, and in my daily prayers. I have also said it when I didn’t know how else to pray—either when my heart was so …
A Circle of Love
“… one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all.” (Eph. 4:5-6) One night I received a text from my assistant at work. She asked if I would come to the hospital. Her boyfriend’s grandfather was dying. I wasn’t sure why this family didn’t call their own pastor. Maybe he was still …