By Jacqueline J. Holness When Oxford Dictionaries announced that their word of 2013 winner was selfie, the Facebook fanatic within me thought it was the appropriate choice, given the selfies that friends incessantly post on their profile pages. If this is your first time learning about the word, a selfie is “a photograph that […]
By T.R. Robertson I wonder as I wander out under the sky, How Jesus the Savior did come for to die. For poor ornery people like you and like I. I wonder as I wander out under the sky. (traditional Appalachian Christmas carol) I sometimes wonder as I wander just what anguish Jesus […]
By Javan Rowe When we purchase a highly anticipated novel, we would never read the introduction, skip to the end, and then claim to have thoroughly enjoyed the book. The story of Jesus is the same. As we consider Jesus’ vast importance, most of us think immediately of his death and resurrection; and perhaps […]
By Dan Lentz 1. What life experiences do you wish you had known more about before you found yourself immersed in them? Read Hosea 6:1-3; Luke 24:1-12. 2. Think about what the women knew about Jesus at different times in the Luke passage. What would you say they knew about Jesus: • as […]
By Kelly Carr Grace. It’s a word I’d heard for years without it having much impact in my brain or on my heart. Grace was part of the title of a famous old hymn. Grace was the prayer that was said before a meal. Grace was some church word I heard in sermons. Later […]
