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Genesis 4:9 Know the Signs ——– Am I my brother’s keeper? ——– People contemplating suicide often feel trapped and unable to reach out. Folks who are struggling with depression seldom have anything to say about it. Depression is not deep sadness. It is the loss of the ability to feel anything. So what can we […]

Proverbs 11:14: Lean on me ——– Where there is no guidance people fall but in an abundance of counselors there is safety ——– The past couple of years have been hard on all of us, and 2022 is starting out pretty rough as well. Tornadoes and killer snowstorms. Overflowing hospitals and rampant viruses. Hostages in […]

Genesis 12: MLK Day ——– I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. ——– For thousands of years before this land was called America, people knew this was a great land that made great people. It was not […]

Isaiah 42 Smoldering Wicks ——– Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, a […]

2 Corinthians 5 Ministry of Reconciliation ——– We no longer see people from a worldly point of view. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of […]

Psalm 92 I Saw Your Work and Shouted for Joy ——— What a beautiful thing, God, to give thanks, to sing an anthem to you, the High God! To announce your love each daybreak, sing your faithful presence all through the night, Accompanied by dulcimer and harp, the full-bodied music of strings. You made me […]

John 4 Over, Under, and Through ——– When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask […]

Happy Solstice, y’all! The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it! We have no idea what day Christ was born. But people all over the world celebrate the darkest day of the year as the light begins to be reborn, one minute at a time. The photo shows light columns, […]

John 1:9 The True Light ——– The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. ————— The word “true” here means real. Genuine. Bona fide. Looking at the earth from the Space Station, it’s getting hard to find any dark spaces. The night is alight with artificial illumination. But no matter […]

John 1:6-7 Bearing Witness to the Light ——– There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light ——– In Jewish thought, the light was the truth. But in a court of law it took the testimony of TWO witnesses to prove that something […]