Was It All For Me?
Jesus, when the sky was dark, was it my sin that blocked the sun?
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It is impossible to turn the television on this Passion Week without seeing Jesus. He’s everywhere! “Jesus to Christ”, “Who Was Jesus”, “Jesus of Nazareth”, “The Story of Jesus”, and “Killing Jesus” are just a few of the shows that are airing this week.
Why do we need so many stories about Jesus? Isn’t there only one? No. Unfortunately, we can create just about as many “Jesus” characters as there are TV movies and books about him.
Why do we create Jesuses? (Is that a word? Jesi? Jesuss?) I think it is because the Jesus of the Bible is not a very safe or manageable Jesus for a lot of people. A manageable Jesus is one that can be manipulated, is more or less a peer continue here
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Buying Lies
What lie have you purchased lately? None? No one buys a lie, right? Wrong. We buy lies all the time. Every time we buy into something that is not true, we are purchasing a lie. What lie(s) have you purchased…
“You’re hopeless”
“You’ve ruined your life.”
“You’ll never amount to anything.”
“You’ll always be alone.”
“You’ll continue here for truth
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A Real Super Hero!
Our grandson Matty wants to be a Ninja Turtle. He doesn’t want to simply wear a Ninja Turtle costume; he wants to BE a Ninja Turtle. And why not – Ninja Turtles are heroes – they fight bad guys and never lose. They eat pizza every day! They live in sewers – how cool is that?
A year or so ago, Matty wasn’t even aware that Ninja Turtles existed! He spent a weekend Grab your sword and continue reading here
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Jonah and the Big Meatloaf
This is Jonah; he likes dogs and guitars, but mostly he likes his Grammy’s meatloaf! Unfortunately he lives in Utah and his Grandpa and Grammy (my brother and sister-in-law) live in Ohio so Jonah doesn’t get Grammy’s meatloaf as often as he’d like.
Jonah was quite upset recently as he Face-Timed with Grammy and saw that she was making meatloaf, and he couldn’t have any. It simply didn’t make sense to this three-year-old that he couldn’t continue here
Marcia Furrow 