Forgiving someone, though a hard thing to do, is the right thing to because Christ forgave us by dying for our sins. If Christ died for our sins so we could be with him and have his forgiveness, shouldn’t we forgive others when they have done us wrong and put ...
Read More »“Sweet” Revenge?
“Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils.” (John Milton, Paradise Lost) Revenge can be a temptation, a natural desire in the face of a threat or a hurtful act on the part of another. It can certainly seem deserved when an injustice is done. But ...
Read More »Be Careful Little Mouth What You Say…
Dr. Seuss inspired wedding vows with a lighter side to traditional words promised at the altar. In part, they state the following: Will you love through good and bad? Whether you’re happy or sad? Will you love each other if you’re rich? Or if you’re poor, and in a ditch? ...
Read More »The Same Love: John and Job
Two men, each with a book of the bible named for him, one was “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” one of the inner three. The other was, in God’s own words, “blameless, and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” John was a typical, hard-working fisherman at the ...
Read More »When the Time is Right : The Story of Very Old Tomatoes
Is there anything of value in the bottom of a 150-year-old outhouse? Most imaginations wouldn’t believe so! But several years ago, there was an amazing discovery that has proved quite fruitful… A “privy,” as the outhouse was often called in the 19th century, was used to discard more than, well, ...
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