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When Jesus walked on the water, approaching the boat full of terrified disciples , he saw their fear and said, “Take heart! It is I!” before he entered the boat himself. ( Mark 6:50,RSV) If they knew it was he, they would not be afraid, simply because they had known and loved Jesus enough to…

When I was young enough to enjoy swinging on the swings in a city park near our house, I was doing just that with my brother and two sisters when we noticed another family of children swinging, too. My siblings and I had each a roll of “Life Savers,” and we offered some to the…

Frances H. Bernett wrote the endearing and enduring story The Secret Garden in 1911. In it a young orphan girl is sent from India to the home of her uncle in England for him to accept custody. He is the child’s only known relative, as her parents had both died of cholera. Mary Lennox, the…

Psalm 65 As I reached for the thermostat to turn up the air conditioner, I thought about the Pharaohs 0f Egypt and remembered that I had read that the royal family members of ancient Egypt had slaves, who accompanied them, and gently cooled them with hand- held fans. I smiled to myself that all I…

For at least eighteen hundred years the pastors or priests of many Christian churches have called to their people attending worship services: “Lift up your hearts,” to hear the response, “We lift them up to the Lord!” It is a call to worship that has been used in almost every denomination, and a response that…

God’s Love God demonstrates His own love for us in this: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ( Romans 5:8) St. Paul’s view of “God’s own love for us “ is not exactly the love of engaged couples, or of brother and sisters. There is no perfect comparison of God’s love in…

Since God first spoke to Abraham, and Sarah’s baby displayed evidence of a living God in the midst of the Hebrew people, people everywhere have searched for ways of finding Him themselves. In the Book of Jeremiah God made it clear that He had every desire and even plan, to be found by His people:…

In the early part of the book of Psalms there is one Psalm that makes me pause whenever I read it. It’s Psalm 16, and in my mind it coalesces the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, and human beings together. David wrote the psalm in time, yet, it breathes a breath of eternity: “Lord,…

Araxie Azarigian was a slender woman who attended my Sunday School class of senior women . She listened attentively and was well liked by the other members of the class. She was quieter than most. One day our reading was from Deuteronomy 22:8: “ When you build a new house, (in the Promised Land) make…