Read Luke 17:11-19 Thought for the Day: Be the 10th healed leper; be grateful! In the Ancient World, those sick with leprosy were completely cast out of society. As they dealt with a horribly debilitating and painful illness, they experienced a profound and unparalleled sense of isolation....
Read Mark 10:46-52 Thought for the Day: Like Jesus, let’s learn to listen first and then respond! He had no job. He had no friends. He was used to having people telling him to be silent. It is fair to say that his society wished he would...
Read Luke 7:2-9 Thought for the Day: Jesus is the ultimate authority! In the time of Jesus, the Jewish people were not free. Instead, their land was occupied by the Roman government. On any given day, it was typical to see armed Roman soldiers, and the people...
Read Mark 5:38-42 Thought for the Day: The story isn’t over until Jesus says so! Disaster had struck and it was now over. Game. Set. Match. Despite their hope and willingness to hold out for a miracle, none came. The little girl was dead and there was...
Read Mark 5:25-34 Thought for the Day: You and I matter to Jesus! She couldn’t do anything without feeling shunned and shamed. Having lived with a medical condition beyond her control for twelve years, she had turned to every cure and remedy known to civilization. But nothing...
Read Luke 5:17-26 Thought for the Day: Amazing things happen when we work together! When a student struggles, is the job of the school to find an appropriate response that meets his or her specific needs. This is called an intervention and it comes in one of...
Read Matthew 6:5-15 Thought for the Day: When forgiveness feels elusive, I need to pray! Corrie Ten Boom lived a life of amazing, courageous faith both during and after her experiences in the Holocaust. A few years after her imprisonment, she spoke at a church on the...
Read Matthew 6:5-15 Thought for the Day: Forgiveness leads to forgiveness! It has often been said that ‘winning leads to winning’. In sports, the most successful programs are able to maintain winning streaks and dynasties because they build the right culture. Imagine being a high school athlete:...
Read Matthew 18:23-35 Thought for the Day: Faith and forgiveness mean nothing if we don’t live them! Few characters provide a better case for forgiveness than Inspector Javert from Les Miserables, a man who struggled for his entire life because he never learned to forgive. After catching...
Read Matthew 18:21-22 Thought for the Day: Forgiveness lays the ‘ghosts of the past’ to rest! A special envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Terry Waite, was sent to the Middle East in the 1980s where he negotiated the release of multiple hostages. His efforts were successful...