Bite of Bread

Bite of Bread: Reading for Easter Week 2015/ Sure of Jesus

  2015. World events escalate and rumors of end-times intertwine within conversations and thoughts as we watch the news. “We’re closer than we’ve ever been,” we mumble. Of course we are. Each year we creep closer. I remember when 1984 was supposed to be the end of the world. At least that was as far as George Orwell’s mind dreamed …

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When God Seems Absent or Missing: The Parable of the Car Keys

  Once in awhile I like to watch The Ellen Degeneres Show. It always surprises me when it’s  a rerun, which I wouldn’t know except for the fact that she’s talking about Halloween and it’s March. Anyway, as I sat with the Lord today waiting for Him to give me an idea for a post, He reminded me of Ellen, …

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Easter, Word Wednesday

Word Wednesday: A New Understanding of Palm Sunday/ Hosanna and Psalm 118

(The photo above is one I took of the narrow streets of present day Jerusalem.) We celebrate Jesus’ final entry into Jerusalem as “Palm Sunday” because the people threw their coats on the road for a make-shift red carpet, and they tore off palm branches to wave in the air as they yelled, “Hosanna! Hosanna!” Have you ever wondered why …

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Word Wednesday: Believing in Jesus When His Words Don’t Seem True

   I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. . . . I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have …

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How to Turn Negative Thoughts Around and Combat Worry with One Question

  Are you worried about something right now? Most of us are. It seems to be in our DNA. We lay in bed at night unable to sleep as worry steals our peace. We work every possible scenario for a solution, but none seems viable. Or we can’t stop thinking of the very worst end to the problem. But have …

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