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The Least, the Last, and the Lost

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     In his book Final Words, Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of the Church of the Resurrection in Kansas City, recalls a conversation that happened years ago… Read more »

One Little Word

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     Is there anything worse than a violent, demon-possessed lunatic? There sure is, according to Bible scholar Mark Strauss – “a naked, violent, demon-possessed lunatic.” That’s exactly… Read more »

Truth Encounters

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     In his book The Dust of Death, theologian and social critic Os Guinness recounts a trip he made from his home in Switzerland to England,… Read more »

Speaking with Authority

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     Invite a bunch of pastors to sit down together, and eventually they’ll get around to a familiar question: Now that you’ve spent a few years in… Read more »

Walking on Water

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     Anybody who watched television in the 1970s will remember the iconic ads for Chiffon margarine.  Actress Dena Dietrich, dressed in a while robe… Read more »

Walking on Water

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     Anybody who watched television in the 1970s will remember the iconic ads for Chiffon margarine.  Actress Dena Dietrich, dressed in a while robe… Read more »

Stilling the Storm

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     In 1986, the receding waters of the Sea of Galilee revealed an archaeological treasure. A pair of brothers, poking around the edges of the lake during… Read more »

Help Me Overcome My Unbelief

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     Real people of faith have real doubts. Maybe you’ve been led to believe that just isn’t so.  All too often churches are assumed to be fortresses of… Read more »

Words of Healing

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     Frank Abagnale has made a living telling amazingly improbable stories.  About himself.  The 75-year-old Abagnale claims to have masqueraded as an assistant state attorney general in Louisiana,… Read more »

With a Little Help from My Friends

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Every day during this season of Lent we’re looking at the miracles of Jesus – his spectacular displays of supernatural power that are reported in the Gospels.     A number of years ago I invited five couples at the church I was leading to join me in a small group experiment…. Read more »