Dear Friends, But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” […]
Michael Sutherlin
A Word of Grace – April 10, 2017
Dear Friends, Here is a thought about Jesus’ final entrance into Jerusalem which Christians celebrate this weekend. Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone […]
A Word of Grace – April 2, 2017
Dear Friends, The staccato tapping was too rhythmic and persistent to be random. It had no source I could find inside the converted house serving as the Office of General Counsel. “What is that irritating noise?!?” I asked Sandy and Pam in the front office. “It’s a bird,” was their surprising answer. I took a […]
A Word of Grace – March 27, 2017
Dear Friends, Dear Friends, When God called the name of the disciple Ananias in a dream, he was ready. “Here I am, Lord,” he replied. “The Lord said to him, ‘Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man named Saul. At the moment […]
A Word of Grace – March 21, 2017
Dear Friends, An “underminer” was at work this week trying to split a close-knit team of colleagues. He disagreed with a management decision backed up by the legal department because he wanted to go a different direction. He resisted the decision, but not by directly stating his case to the decision-makers. He had the opportunity […]