Mark Braun in The Mustard Seed and the Yeast, wrote: “If you had ventured a guess about the future of Jesus’ kingdom two-thirds of the way through His ministry, how optimistic would you have been? He grew up in a despised province of the Roman Empire. He was born before his mother’s marriage had become […]
There’s a wonderful legend about Saint Francis, the kindly thirteenth-century monk, who one day informed his brethren that he planned to go into the nearby village on a preaching mission. He invited a novice to go along. On their way, they passed an injured man, and Francis promptly stopped, saw to the poor fellow’s needs, […]
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. […]
After a stray dog in Ecuador met a team of four Swedish adventure athletes, he grew so attached to the squad that he ran for miles and swam long distances to keep up with them. The team chose to name the dog Arthur. This muddy, wounded animal (not a far cry from the state of […]
