“How long Pastor’s prayer is this morning,” I muse. My mind turns to our need for salvation and the price Jesus paid for it. Words form and with zest, I scribble Jesus Paid it All on the flyleaf of my hymnbook. 41 Words This post is based on Elvina Hall who, one morning while sitting… Read More A Wandering Mind
I sat there in the confessional booth wondering if I was committing blasphemy. I was a priest, yes but I was also a man and I was doing something which the Bible says only God should be doing–forgiving sins. The only people I should be forgiving are those who have wronged me. That’s what it… Read More Confessions
I’m sitting across the street from where Jully’s church is. I’m very nervous. It’s the first time she will see me with my hair cut low. One look at me and she will know that I have black in me. Up to now she still thinks that I’m Asian and now she’s going to find… Read More Aaron Goes to Church
Yesterday morning, a friend asked me, “Why do Catholics pray to Mary when the Bible clearly teaches that one true mediator between God and humanity?” My quick reply was, “Yes, it’s true that we can go directly to Jesus during prayer but intercessory prayer through Mary as well as other saints such as St. Peter… Read More Father Jörgensen’s Questionings
Seek the Lord while He may be found, call you upon Him while He is near – Isaiah 55:6 The Lord is just a prayer away. He longs for you to reach out to Him. He promised that when you seek Him, you will find Him. Seek Him today.
It was one of those misty mornings in the summer. It reminded him of the times Monifa and he went for walks. He remembered that it was on the morning of Holy Thursday when he had told her about the hot cross buns his mother used to make every year for Good Friday because it… Read More Monifa’s Whereabouts
Sister Riegel was making her rounds, checking on the girls in the dorm before retiring for the night. She was heading down the corridor when she noticed someone standing outside of Monifa’s room. It was another nun. She called out to her. “Sister.” The figure stood still but didn’t turn around. “Sister,” she called again… Read More The Mysterious Sister
It was another beautiful day and was out for a walk. She wished she could stay out there in the sunshine all day long. However, she had to return home and was pleasantly surprised to find Father Desjardins there. He was visiting her grandmother. They were in the living-room having tea. He rose to his… Read More Father Desjardin’s Invitation
Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk” (Acts 3:6) It was at the hour of prayer that Peter and John went to the temple. There a lame man was at the gate… Read More Unexpected Blessing
“The child that never learns to obey his parents in the home will not obey God or man out of the home” – Susanna Wesley Susanna Wesley was 19 years old when she married 26 year old Samuel Wesley. They had 19 children, nine of them died as infants and one was accidently smothered by… Read More Mother of Methodism
Notes to Women 