Baseball slugger Willie McCovey died last year. I felt sad when I heard the news, even though he played against my favorite team. Tall and lanky, with a smooth left-handed batting style, McCovey (nicknamed “Stretch”) played first base for the San Francisco Giants. One humid summer night when I was a boy, our family went […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Who are some of the most admired people in the world today? What qualities lead to such admiration? What do you think people seek when following such celebrities? 2. If you were asked to list five people who changed the world for the […]
MONDAY Reading for Today:Mark 11:1-112 Corinthians 4 Psalm 991 Samuel 11–13 2 Corinthians 4 Our eyesight can dictate our attitudes. When our eyes see nothing but trouble, pain, and how unfair this world can be, our attitudes take a hit. On the other hand, when our eyes see the future Jesus promises to us, our […]
Jesus’ care for women was tender and counter-cultural. His “heart was touched by their grief” (Matthew 8:14-17; 15:21-28; 26:6-13; Mark 5:21-24, 35-43; 12:41-44; Luke 7:36-50; 8:1-3; John 4:7-45; 7:53-8:11; 20:1, 2, 11-18). That is certainly evident in our text today with Jesus’ encounter with the woman who in life of Christ studies is referred to […]
Use one or both of these questions to introduce the lesson: 1. Why do you think the availability of healthcare is a perennial issue in American politics? What do we hope universal availability of medical treatment will accomplish? Will those hopes ever be fully realized? Explain. 2. How does a disfiguring accident or chronic health […]
