(Acts 10) Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those listening! (Acts 10:44) The Holy Spirit fell upon them. I could use some of that falling of the Holy Spirit right about now. What about you? The falling here occurs near the end of the story so let’s back…

(Mark 3:1-6) Sometimes matters of worry, responsibility, or challenge can leave our spirits feeling wilted, weathered, withered. Sometimes a modern-day picture of a Biblical remedy presents itself. And sometimes, like today, a withered spirit and a Biblical remedy meet in an unlikely setting . . .  I’m the new owner of the wooded lot next…

The first part of today’s blog is a devotional I wrote for my church’s Lenten series.  What follows is, as Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story. Well, the rest of our stories.  John’s, mine . . . and maybe yours. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved…