My sister’s dog had been deaf and blind for
years. When she started to suffer painful tumors, it was time to put her down.
As I explained this to my seven-year-old son, he asked if Jazzy would go to
heaven. I said I thought she would, and that in dog heaven, she would be
healthy again and able to do her favorite thing: chase squirrels.
Jacob thought about that for a minute, then said, “So dog heaven must be
the same as squirrel hell.”
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Life lived apart from reverence and obedience to God is ultimately meaningless. In part 1 of Ecclesiastes: Two Ways of Living, Pastor Dan Cox reads from Ecclesiastes 1:1-11.
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The scene: The “F” train of the
subway line in New York City.
I was commuting from the Borough of Queens to my job in Manhattan. I’d finished
reading the morning paper and was saving it to bring to friends on the job. How
do you save a newspaper on the subway? You sit on it.
A new commuter came in, saw the newspaper under my rear, and asked the second
most stupid question I’ve ever heard (someday I may tell of the first):
“Are you reading that paper?”
I stood up, turned the page, sat down on the paper, and answered,
“Yes.”
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You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow.
— Janis Joplin
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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
— Jimi Hendrix
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[Editor’s observation] It’s just amazing to think how close Janis & Jimi were to the truth and still missed it. They left out the one thing – rather, person – that would put everything into focus & make sense of this thing we call life: Jesus.
The astonishing truth of the resurrection is the cornerstone of our faith and compels us to proclaim the good news to the whole creation. In part 22 of The Gospel of Mark, Pastor Dan Cox reads from Mark 16:1-8.
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Jesus says
to a doubting Thomas in John 20:29, “Thomas, because you have seen me you have
believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” When God
entered time and became a man, he who was boundless became bound. Imprisoned in
flesh. With a wave of his hand he could have boomeranged the spit of his
accusers back into their faces. With an arch of his brow, paralyzed the
hand of the soldier braiding the crown of thorns. But he didn’t. He
stood silent as a million guilty verdicts echoed in the tribunal of heaven.
After three days in a dark grave, he stepped into the Easter
sunrise with a smile and a question for lowly Lucifer. “Is that your best
punch?” He gave up the crown of heaven for a crown of thorns. He did
it for you, my friend. Just for you.
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