The scars say it all don’t they? Take a moment to take a mental inventory of your bodily scars. With each scar you have a memory. Some of those scars remind us of a funny memory. Like that time when I was a kid and I got my first pocket knife. My dad told me […]
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Hold My Hand
When I’m sick, hold my hand. When I’m worried, hold my hand. You could make a long list of things to go with this phrase couldn’t you? We’re wired for connection. We are relational beings. We see Jesus demonstrating that in this brief encounter with Simon’s mother-in-law who is sick. He takes her hand and […]
Healing Mercy
Have you ever been shown mercy? Mercy is not something we typically talk about in our daily conversations but we see it very clearly in today’s gospel text. Jesus is challenged by a woman who pleads with him to heal her daughter. The problem is, she is not an Israelite. Up until now, Jesus had […]