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Fertile Soil

“They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does...

Before you read this story, you might want to read one that I wrote a few years ago. Some of you...

Lectionary Selection: Mark 9:38-50 Prayers for Kenya:Pray for the Organization of African...

Please pray for Japan. On my way back from Fukushima yesterday, I stopped by the Diet building in...

Lectionary Selection: Mark 9:30-37 Prayers for Hong Kong:O, Lord, you have said that whoever wants...

Capacity-building at the Congo Protestant University continues in the midst of the hustle and...

Lectionary Selection: Mark 8:27-38 Prayers for Indonesia:Gracious God, we give thanks that you have...

We greet you this month from Zimbabwe! Kim and I are currently visiting Zimbabwe and staying with...

Old Testament: Joshua 24:1–2, 14–18Psalms ...

Lectionary Selection: Mark 7:24-37 Prayers for the Philippines: How long, O God, will your creation...

Jesus is here in the morningJesus is here at noonJesus is here in the eveningso keep your heart in...

On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left Egypt the whole company of Israel...

The American writer Raymond Carver wrote a short story called, “A Small Good Thing,” in which a...

Lectionary Selection: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Prayers for Nicaragua:One of the cultural customs...

“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” (Proverbs...