What does repentance really mean? Have you ever asked yourself that question? Or rather, what does it mean to feel regret, sorrow over something that you did and turn over a new leaf? I think for many, myself included, there is not a problem in feeling sorrow or guilty over some stupid sin that you've …
I wish that I had never… Have you ever started a sentence or a thought that way? I know that I have. When I look back over my life and all of the foolish things that I have done in it, I end up saying this phrase, or thinking this phrase quite a bit. Whenever …
A self-righteous, religious leader once asked Jesus a question. "Teacher, what is the greatest commandment in the law (Matthew 22.36)?" And although Jesus knew that in his questioning, this man was up to no good, he responded "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind...and …
How often do we turn on the news to encounter tragedies as a result of famine, hunger, war and natural disasters? How often do we flip through the channels and encounter the photo of a child with the belly the size of a watermelon because they are malnourished and have not eaten for days? How …
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I have a confession to make. I was not always interested in social justice and reconciliation. As a matter of fact, at one point I could care less about it. It was not because I thought feeding the poor and relieving their plight was a bad idea; but in all honesty the whole idea of …
On April 5, only two weeks ago, I started working for a really cool nonprofit in the Twin Cities. And I thank God because two weeks prior to this I was laid off from my job of two years. Its funny, ironic even, how the Lord decides to work in our lives sometimes. I really …
Ebony Johanna 