While we accept that the future for humanity is uncertain … we can trust that God has a plan for us and that he will give us the strength to cope with whatever life sends us. So we can live in hope … [To read more, click on title]
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Horizon
How, then, do we prepare for our future? We all have a future and we all deal with it in our lives. Some look toward the future with fear, anxiety and worry …
Others look to the future with hope, eagerness and optimism. They “stand up and raise [their] heads” with anticipation and expectancy … [To read more, click on title]
Questioning, Towards Hope
John the Baptist is like Thomas, the disciple who has unfortunately been named Doubting Thomas. Like Thomas, John was perceptive enough to know the difference between truth and desire; humble enough to acknowledge his ignorance and to ask for help; thorough enough to base what he believed on evidence that was personally authenticated; and honest enough to change his mind in the light of new truth … [To read more, click on title]
The ‘Why’ of Repentance
We find ourselves once again on the banks of the River Jordan with John the Baptist. We should be used to it by now, but that wild prophet John still jars as a a party-pooper as we look toward Christmas … [to read more, click on title]