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Hold On To God's Word
Looks can be deceiving. The trees are bare, yet the calendar insists it’s almost spring. We’ve been through this season time and time again, yet there seems to be a new depth to the dormancy that nature displays in Syracuse this time of year. Behind the sturdy tree bark exists an incomprehensible production facility that never shuts down. Though the temperature is unbearably cold and the ground frozen, there is a life force keeping hope alive. We can probably relate to season
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Feb 202 min read
11 1/2
It was snowing when a man shuffled into the soup kitchen where I volunteer. He was wrapped in a tattered blanket and limping badly. He had big holes in his shoes patched with peeling duct tape. He inquired if we had a pair of shoes. “What size?” I asked. I was taken aback when he said 11 1/2, the same size I wear. Just the day before I had donated a pair of gently used size 11 1/2 sneakers I didn’t wear anymore. I put them in a donated clothing closet in the back room of the
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Jan 51 min read
Now it makes sense!
I have often wondered why the disciples didn't fully grasp that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah. It seems unreal that after spending 3 years with Jesus, listening to his profound wisdom and witnessing miracles, they still could not believe that he is the One. He even quoted Isaiah 61 in the synagogue (see Luke 4:18-19), " Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing. " So why didn't they get it? Why didn't they believe him? Is it because they expected someone differen
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Oct 29, 20252 min read
A Welcomed Visitor
I am participating in the 30-Week Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius retreat that is offered at the Center. It has been a wonderful...
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Sep 21, 20252 min read
Hold On To God's Word
Looks can be deceiving. The trees are bare, yet the calendar insists it’s almost spring. We’ve been through this season time and time again, yet there seems to be a new depth to the dormancy that nature displays in Syracuse this time of year. Behind the sturdy tree bark exists an incomprehensible production facility that never shuts down. Though the temperature is unbearably cold and the ground frozen, there is a life force keeping hope alive. We can probably relate to season
Admin
Feb 202 min read
11 1/2
It was snowing when a man shuffled into the soup kitchen where I volunteer. He was wrapped in a tattered blanket and limping badly. He had big holes in his shoes patched with peeling duct tape. He inquired if we had a pair of shoes. “What size?” I asked. I was taken aback when he said 11 1/2, the same size I wear. Just the day before I had donated a pair of gently used size 11 1/2 sneakers I didn’t wear anymore. I put them in a donated clothing closet in the back room of the
Admin
Jan 51 min read
Now it makes sense!
I have often wondered why the disciples didn't fully grasp that Jesus was the long-awaited Messiah. It seems unreal that after spending 3 years with Jesus, listening to his profound wisdom and witnessing miracles, they still could not believe that he is the One. He even quoted Isaiah 61 in the synagogue (see Luke 4:18-19), " Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing. " So why didn't they get it? Why didn't they believe him? Is it because they expected someone differen
Admin
Oct 29, 20252 min read
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