Jan 25, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
On the crest of the Cummins Area School, where my children began their formal education, is the slogan “Knowledge is Power”. I’m sure I’d have impressed you more if I had given you the Latin version of this proverb but if you don’t know Latin then the power of...
Jan 20, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
“Follow me.” I can’t help putting myself in the shoes of these unsuspecting fishermen. How would I have responded to this peculiar greeting?.. “Hang about Jesus, before I sign up, do you have a glossy brochure I could read? And besides, where am I following you too...
Jan 17, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
How do we hear the call of God? Is it the visitation of an angel? Is it the quiet still voice after the wind and the fire? Is it the wise council of an old friend? Is it the random words of a stranger who meant something completely different? Is it the rhetoric of an...
Jan 10, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
“I am not worthy…” It seems a strange statement for a prophet to make. Who is John the Baptist that he would be so humble? He is the cousin of Jesus. Same age even. Yet there is no evidence that the two of them ever met prior to Jesus beginning his public...
Jan 3, 2021 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
In the beginning… Our origins as creatures have captured the imagination of humans since even before we developed the technology of telling stories in pictures. Where do we come from and what stuff are we made of? Interestingly enough when it comes down to it, we are,...
