Focal Passages: Luke 15:11-14, 17-24 I’m pretty sure every kid knows what it’s like to lose their mom in the grocery store. I used to do it all the time. I would get distracted by something on a shelf somewhere and either walk away from where my mom was standing or not realize she had moved on... read more

Focal passages: Romans 1:1-7, 13-17 “EXTRA, EXTRA, read all about it!” a familiar cry heard on the street corners of every major city in the early 20th century. Paperboys – or “newsies,” as they were often known – would shout news to pedestrians as they hawked their papers... read more

Focal Passage: Isaiah 40:25-31 Do you remember the “Sesame Street” sketch with that really catchy song? “One of these things is not like the other. One of these things just doesn’t belong... read more

Focal Passage: Deuteronomy 32:48-52; 34:4-7 Victor E. Frankl, a psychologist who survived a Nazi Death Camp, wrote a book called Man’s Search for Meaning. Frankl tells of his observations of fellow prisoners during the atrocity of the Holocaust... read more