For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8-9 In Acts 1: 6-9, we read the account of […]
And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had made an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic lay. Mark 2:3-4 On […]
Going Which Way? Great Lent begins and with it begins a time of reorientation of ourselves. The Church tells us, take a portion of our year, and rededicate it to God. One of the Fathers of the Church, St. Dorotheos of Gaza, calls it a tithe of time The forty […]
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 He is Risen. He is not here. Mark 16:6 I am writing this reflection on my 52nd birthday. Fifty-three years ago, on March 14, 1971, […]
Jesus said to her, “I AM the Resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. John 11:25-26 In contemporary times, celebrations of life seem to be replacing traditional funeral services. Many people think […]
But he who endures to the end will be saved. Matthew 24:13 Anastasia was a health “nut.” She was always in the gym, running, and watching what she ate. She would have been the last person one would think would pass away at age 53. It is paradoxical that some people who seem […]
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. I Thessalonians 5:11 Some people come into our lives for a reason, some for a season and some for a lifetime. Some seasons are short, and some reasons are improbable. As I look at my life and my […]
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 Two of the things people worry about when it comes to the end of life are dying in a […]
You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier on service […]
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise partook of the same nature, that through death He might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong bondage. Hebrews 2:14-15 […]
And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” Then Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nought? Hast Thou not put a […]
And as Jesus entered a village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When He saw them He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they […]