By Dan Lentz 1. Think about two things you hope to accomplish in the coming year and one thing you hope to avoid in the coming year. Share these with the group. Read Luke 2:21, 22, 25-38. 2. From these verses, what do you see as Simeon’s greatest hopes? 3. What […]
By Alan W. Dowd My most memorable and Christ-exalting Christmas came at a most-unexpected time. Our family had a “Happy Birthday Jesus” party that Christmas, complete with a birthday cake. After he helped blow out the candles, my nephew Mike asked, “Where is Jesus?” It was an honest, matter-of-fact question. Yet he asked it […]
By Shawn McMullen Each morning as the school day began, my grade school classmates and I sat at our desks and stared at a rectangular brown box mounted high on the classroom wall. The wooden speaker relayed the voice of our principal who announced the day’s lunch menu and a schedule of after-school activities. […]
By Tom Cash While preaching my first sermon about stewardship in a small country church, the former church treasurer keeled over in the pew. No pulse, no breathing. Fortunately on that particular Sunday, four nurses, a surgeon, and an anesthesiologist were worshipping with us. We called 911 and the children were dismissed to Sunday […]
By David Faust Many things in life go unfinished. Franz Schubert had an unfinished symphony. The artist Raphael didn’t complete his painting “The Transfiguration” before he died. Rows of orange barrels bear testimony to the irritating fact that highway maintenance never ends. A homeowner can always look at his lawn or house and find […]
