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What to do with this bleeding heart?

One of the most sacred stories in the Bible was brought to my attention again yesterday, as I shared the day with an angel. As the day played out, yes, I was very sure that I had the privilege of being in the company of one who had been with Jesus. She just gushed with His love for the world; for the broken. She will deny it, but I know that I know an angel spent the day with me. Luke 8:43-48 A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years, who had spent all she had on doctors and yet could not be healed by any, approached from behind and touched the end of His robe. Instantly, her ...

Through parenting, God teaches a lesson

Being a father has been a big learning experience for me. When the Lord blessed my wife and I with twin daughters, I never dreamed all that God would teach us and I had no idea what a wonderful blessing children would be. One of the things I often hear around our home are the words, “Daddy play with me!” Obviously, I enjoy playing with my kids, but at times is can be overwhelming. In the mornings when I am trying to get off to work and the boys want to play, I often feel torn. I want to play with them, but I know I have responsibilities to attend to. Not long ago, I was reflecting ...

Watchers, worshippers, followers of the lamb

A man once asked a little boy what his father did. “He watches,” he said. “You mean he’s a night watchman?” the man inquired. “Oh, no,” the little boy exclaimed, “He just watches.” “Well, what does he watch?” the man said. “I don’t know if I can tell you everything,” the boy continued, “but I can name a few things.” “Well, tell me,” The now curious man replied. “He watches TV, he watches Mom do the housework, he watches for the paper boy, he watches the weather, and I think he watches girls, too,” he said with an impish grin on his ...

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‘There’s no cow on the ice’

Towering high above a small village in the French Alps stands a legendary mountain known as Mont Blanc. French for “white mountain” this famous mountain has proven to be a permanent challenge to mountain climbers with a peak reaching 15,777 ft. Nearby is an even more difficult and dangerous crag, known as the “Fool’s Needle.” Standing 11,487 ft. high—only the more experienced mountaineers even attempt to scale its slopes. Sometime back a young student was trapped for three days on the north face of Fool’s Needle. He was dangling from a narrow ledge when rescue workers ...

Twins a mixed blessing for some West African parents

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — In her dreams, Eveline Zagre believes her two sets of twins share premonitions and make demands of her — buy a chicken, beg for money. “Their spirits will enter your dreams and let you know what they want and then you have to get it for them,” she said. Despite the burden of following their dream directives, Zagre considers herself doubly blessed. The 30-year-old mother of five is raising 3-year-old twin girls and 13-year-old twin boys in Burkina Faso – one of the West African countries where twins are revered for having special powers, ...