Sermons on Daily Life (Page 9)

When I was little, I was a…let’s just say creative…child. I was constantly in time-out at daycare because I tried to climb everything, I’d see how long I could hold my breath underwater in the pool, I’d convince the other kids to join in my schemes, etc. And I was lovingly told that I walked for a day before I just started running, much to the horror of the other kids.  I…

When I was a teenager, I spent about one year total of my three years of middle school on crutches, long enough that I managed to wear out my first pair and needed to get a second. Between three surgeries and some soccer injuries, I spent a lot of time injured and was laughed at and made fun of because of my gross scars and my ability to get injured so frequently. I…

There are a lot of details in today’s “woman at the well” story. My thoughts kept going to the strength of that woman, not only to stand up to Jesus, but to hear the comments said about her and her multiple marriages. (I still often wonder why Jesus/the writers of Scripture felt the need to bring that up. And, I think it testifies to the power of her ability to bring…