The gift of wonder is the ability to be amazed by little things – the see more when other people see less; to be surprised again by the beauty you’ve seen a hundred times, feeling about it the way you did the first time you saw it – and to wonder...
The most important thing that our police officers are learning is that we need to help each other to re-learn respect for others and change the dialogue from instant animosity to respectful listening.
As we explored in our study of Paul, we found that he proudly proclaimed that he was a Jew, and it was easy to see how that identity shaped pretty much everything he did.
God is here today, as certain as the air I breathe,
as certain as the morning sun that rises,
as certain when I sing you hear my song.
~Traditional Mexican Song
I have not always been eager to preach from Paul’s Epistles. Sometimes I find his writing confusing. Sometimes he makes me mad. Sometimes I discount him because he was such a product of his culture.