On the Sabbath, Jesus healed a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit, which angered the leader of the synagogue.

Three times in the Gospels the Lord Jesus refers to himself as the “Lord of the Sabbath”: in the Gospel of Matthew 12:1-8; in Mark 2:23-28, and finally in Luke 6:1-5. When a term appears in the ...

I am a superb rule follower, almost to a fault. I’ve been this way for as long as I can remember. I lean on structure, believing that following a path clearly set out before me will keep me from ...

We were taught by Coolio in “1, 2, 3, 4” from his album, "Gangsta’s Paradise," that there “ain’t no party like a west coast party, cause a west coast party ...

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Happy (real) new year: the beginning of a new year of grace, which began Dec. 3 with the First Sunday of Advent. “The holidays” so overwhelm our senses each December that it’s hard to remember that ...