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Author: Jan Withers

Water and Wine

The story of the Wedding at Cana is a familiar Biblical account.  Jesus and his disciples attended a wedding.  The family had either underestimated the number of guests or their capacity for consumption.  In either case, they ran short of wine.  Jesus’ mother asks him to help the family out.  He intervenes
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One Person At a Time…Epiphany

    The Miami Herald had an article just before Christmas about a study done by social scientists who reported that women working outside the home today experience less happiness than women in the working world in 1970. Obviously, salaries and opportunities for women have increased dramatically in 45 years, but
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Shepherds and a Manger

A group of shepherds abiding in the fields keeping watch over their flocks.  To shepherds, looked down upon, dirty, smelly, the angel appeared with astounding good news.  Why did the angel appear to shepherds, and why is this such a vital part of the Christmas story? Luke 2:1-14
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The Power of Christ

You can’t imagine the raw power that it takes to catapult an F/A 18 fighter that weighs 32,080 pounds off the deck of an aircraft carrier.  The plane goes from zero to 150 knots, that’s 170 miles an hour, in two seconds.  If you think that a catapult shot is impressive, think about the raw […]
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