Daily observations about following Jesus
(Paul Merrill writes here every First Friday) Last week I had lunch with an old friend. He’s as old as me – I guess we’re both old. Anyhow, we caught up on life. I learned how tight things are for him and his family. He’s an amazing entrepreneur, but the economy has made selling those […]
Read More…How well do you know what you want God to do for you? I mean, we understand very well what it is to cry out for mercy. But what if in the middle of our cry for help, Jesus stopped in front of us and said, “What do you want me to do for you?” […]
Read More…If you want the good seats, you have to get in line early. You have to spend the night. You have to pay extra to get really close. Unless, of course, you are going to a messy show. If it’s a messy show, where the person up front sprays water or smashes watermelons, you want […]
Read More…The woman’s daughter was sick. Demon-sick. That’s sick. She, like any mother in that situation, was willing to consider anything and anyone. Even if it meant a foreigner. Jesus was heading out of town, taking some time to get away from the constant Pharisaical scrutiny. He headed to the Mediterranean coast, north of Israel. And […]
Read More…“Every day, say to yourself, ‘Jesus knows what it’s like to be a mom.’” That is the second of five doable actions that came out of a sermon on Titus 2:11-14. One of the things that often stops us in prayer and belief is that we think that God can’t understand us. And I understand […]
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