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1 Corinthians 12:24-26 “God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.” Saint Bernardino was a Franciscan monk (1380-1444) from Siena in Northern Italy.  In his biography, The World of San Bernardino  by Iris Origo, one chapter focuses on his...

I find it impossible even to watch the news of the world these days.  Wars and rumors of wars, famines, death and disease.  Not only earthquakes, but all sorts of natural disasters - flood, hurricane, wildfire, hail and tornado, melting icecaps and rising seas.  And the love of so many in His Church has grown cold.  So much judgment and bigotry among the faithful.  Does all this sound like Matthew 24 and Jesus’ description of the End of Days?  It is meant to.  I understand fully that no one...

Do you ever get tired?  I mean, “weary to your bones”?  Time and again in our church, we’ve seen leaders pour their hearts out as a drink sacrifice, tipping the cup of all their heart, mind, soul and strength out until the last drop is spent.  Invariably, it seems, those few will then say, “I’ve done my part.  I can’t do this anymore.  I’m out.  It’s up to someone else now.”  Oftentimes, that is where I find myself, these days.  And yet, I have not learned to say “no”.   What is the remedy? ...