Part 3 of the 12-part series “Lepers, Loons and Losers: The Outcasts of the Gospels.” Read the rest of the series here. Now there was a woman who had suffered from hemorrhages for years. (Luke 8:43 NRSV) In the Jewish culture at the time of
Read the rest of the series … I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10) Jesus came to enable us to not only be reconciled to a holy, righteous, and just God, but to enable
Mom and I had an interesting conversation recently. We were discussing my penchant, from childhood, to be a contrarian. I told her that one of my favorite shirts as a kid was a sweatshirt with a big yellow arrow on it pointing off to one
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If
Imagine a song with only one note, A rainbow with only one hue; A world where people all look the same, and everyone sounds alike too. Then look at the colors around you, thank God for each various shade; Tune in to the beautiful voices,
Soulforce News release WASHINGTON — The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in November approved a document condemning loving relationships between people of the same gender, and defining marriage as “between a man and a woman.” The document, entitled Between Man and Woman: Questions
He seemed to be just another blue-eyed boy, an ordinary American kid who grew up, went to MIT, got married, and had two children. Just another blue-eyed boy-except that he wanted to be a girl. At age four, he asked his mother to buy him
Part 2 of the 12-part series “Lepers, Loons and Losers: The Outcasts of the Gospels.” Read the rest of the series here. A leper came to Jesus begging him, and kneeling he said to him, “If you choose, you can make me clean.” Moved with
Read the rest of the series The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to
Holy Humor Cover Story Jokin’ in Jerusalem: The Stand-Up Comedy of Jesus Christ By Candace Chellew Those who can’t take a joke, especially a joke about religion, or their particular brand of religion, are like the Pharisees of Jesus’ day. They didn’t understand, or did