Dear Friends: This is the fifth message of a series on the sea stories of Jesus. Crossing the water is a persistent challenge to human adequacy. Is there one of us who doesn’t face some gulf that we can’t span? Some flood that overwhelms us? Some distance greater than our weak faith can seem to […]
Psalms
A Word of Grace – June 11, 2012
Dear Friends: Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Friend. who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you? And he said to them, “Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s […]
A Word of Grace – April 23, 2012
Dear Friends: O Lord, God of my salvation, when, at night, I cry out in your presence, let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry. For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. Psalm 88:1-3 I stop and look back down […]