Imagine life without prayer. A woman sits beside her dying daughter’s bedside. What can she do other than pray? She can’t put breath back within a fading body. She can’t hope for healing here or after. Only prayer. Another woman cumbered with despair from a broken marriage, a wayward son, a lost job. When someone carrying … [Read more...]
The Stone Unthrown
Some say they don’t want to read the Bible because it has stories of wrath, war, and scandal. Yet, we listen to the media overturn lives repeatedly. Scandal sells. The Bible is filled with stories of scandal. First century people weren’t any different than any of us. Think of the story of the redeemed adulteress in the … [Read more...]