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   “Each one helps the other, saying to one another, ‘Take courage!’” –Isaiah 41:6 As part of a recent trip, Lori and I arrived one Sunday morning in Copenhagen.  We took a train from the airport and upon arriving at the city’s Central Station, began to walk the few blocks to…

“When your children ask you in time to come, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ then you shall tell them..” –Joshua 4:6b-7a As a high school student, I studied French all four years. There was more than one teacher of that foreign language at Hardaway High, but Mr. Robinson…

   “He was a devout man who feared God …gave alms generously          …and prayed constantly to God.”     –Acts 10:2 The words above refer to a man named Cornelius. Luke tells us that he was a centurion, an officer in the Roman army.  By implication it also meant he was…

“As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you.” –Isaiah 66:13 In May of 1986, I traveled to Phoenix, Arizona for the summer. That isn’t the time of year most people choose to visit since temperatures regularly top 110 degrees. I was in town to take part in…

“Then one said, ‘I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son.’” –Genesis 18:10  I firmly believe that God is always at work. The Bible makes clear that such activity can happen in dramatic ways, but I suspect it occurred then and…

“Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” –Luke 8:38a The verse above comes from a day when Jesus healed a man described as having many demons. That transformation was so dramatic that neighbors who had known the man for years asked Jesus to leave. They…

“For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received.” –1 Corinthians 15:3a Year ago, a friend of mine met a young woman whom he liked immediately.  It was one of those times when two people were instantly comfortable with each other and soon…

“We want each of you to show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope to the very end.” –Hebrews 6:11 Without even counting two full-time vocational chapters, my working life has been quite diverse. During the summers between school years I bagged groceries and mowed…

“Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen  and yet have come to believe.” –John 20:29  Before my final year of seminary, I worked as an intern at a church in Prince George, Virginia. One of my roles was to plan and oversee…

“Be on your guard against all kinds of greed” –Luke 12:15 While living in North Carolina, I had a friend named Jack with whom I regularly played golf. We did so as part of a quartet consisting of that 70 year old who still worked in the uniform rental industry,…