Jesus knew

He knew all about the woman’s life before she told Him anything. It didn’t take long for her to figure this out. She heard His probing description of her personal life and quickly bounced the conversation in a different direction. That’s in verse 20 of John 4 – the story of the Samaritan woman. More […]

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Doing business

Just a few notes for a shopping weekend. 1. It’s “support a small business” Saturday. I could ask you to buy that Kindle you want from my amazon store, but that’s not a real small business.(But I write at smallbizsurvival.com sometimes.) 2. You could buy a present for my sister. She loves to help a […]

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Seated.

Andrew was home for Thanksgiving yesterday. He was in Florida last year, traveling as part of the crew with a band. He’s been traveling with them for more than two years: gone, home, gone, home. Last Saturday was his last concert. He retired from the road. He decided that part of life was done. A […]

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8 ways to say thank you

1. Thank someone. I mean actually personalize the thank you. Otherwise we merely have a vague sensation of being generally grateful – which is all about us. 2. Tell someone that gave you a gift how it was used. Last year, someone gave me fun-size m&m packages. I told her how they had encouraged several […]

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From Friday to Sunday is 36 hours.

Everyone who can do clock math reads the creed clause “The third day he rose from the dead” and thinks, “it’s only thirty-six hours from Friday night to Sunday morning” Why do we always talk about the three days? Why did Jesus say “that he must be killed and on the third day be raised […]

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