Apr 23, 2020
If I had the gift of prophecy and knew all about what is going to happen in the future, knew everything about everything, but didn’t love others, what good would it do? Even if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, I would...
Apr 22, 2020
Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another to show love and to do good. Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another all the more, since you see that the Day of the Lord is coming nearer....
Apr 21, 2020
In the Sermon On The Mount, Jesus outlines a radically different way of thinking about life: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 Poor in spirit. The Greek language, in which the New Testament was originally...
Apr 20, 2020
“If the vessel of our soul is still tossed with winds and storms, let us awake the Lord, who reposes in it, and He will quickly calm the sea.” Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God, Paris, circa 1680
Apr 19, 2020
On this day 2,506 years ago, a group from the Jewish diaspora, led by Ezra, set out from Babylon for their spiritual home in Jerusalem. The second major group to return from the Jewish exile, Ezra travelled with some 5,000 returnees.(2) He had been given the blessing...
Apr 18, 2020
On Planned Acts Of Kindness: “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” Ralph Waldo Emerson On Unplanned Acts Of Kindness: The Word of God includes numerous instances of unplanned decent treatment of strangers,...