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The Choice Is Ours

Last night I dreamed about a huge snake! He was of such length that I never did see the end of him. Strangely enough, he was also flat--about a foot or more wide, and though menacing, never dared touch me. Instead, he hovered and lurked and watched. I wonder if that was Eve's experience, except that, as she stared at the incredible creature, it talked! The serpent tipped its head, never taking its penetrating gaze… Read More

Overcoming Thirst

Believe it or not, at one time no well had a bucket with which to draw water. Instead, each day a woman would bring not only a pitcher in which to carry water home to her family, but a rope and a hard leather bucket to draw water. That's why when Jesus and his disciples arrived tired and thirsty outside a small Samaritan town, they had no means to get water from the well. While… Read More

What Are We Living for?

You've heard it. You may have even said it yourself. "He lives for sports!" "I live to eat!" "They live for their children!" Oh, yes. Whenever we pour our life energies into someone or something, we are definitely living for that pursuit. And it isn't only men who live for sports. Here in Wisconsin, women also spend every spare moment reading, thinking, and talking about the Packers. We deck ourselves out in green-and-gold and wouldn't… Read More

Love Your Enemies!

With increasing unease, Paul listened to his friend tell about seven years of suffering in a North Vietnamese POW camp. Ron's captors had tortured him relentlessly. He described how he had been bound tightly for days and left in agonizing pain. "I heard someone far away, screaming through the night. Then I realized. It was me." Paul clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Oh, how he wanted to do bodily harm to those who… Read More