A well-known characteristic of earthquakes is a series of aftershocks, some of which are significant in intensity and often damaging, though usually less so than the initial tremor. Pentecost had…
All serious fishermen tell stories of being caught in the rain and getting soaked to the skin. Bringing fish home for dinner made any earlier discomfort worthwhile and increased bragging…
Even ‘hyperbole’, that witty literary device that deliberately exaggerates for effect, is left wanting when it comes to talking about the change that took place inside Jesus’ disciple/friends. And as…
Faith Waiting It’d been three days! Three very weird, frightening, tormented days. It seemed he’d really gone – even though the angel talked about Jesus’ eventual return. But the only…
When a new virus hits the planet and goes from being an epidemic to a pandemic, life comes to an abrupt, almost complete stop for millions upon millions of people. Companies begin to shut down and close for the duration while others are considered to be necessary and vital and must therefore remain open keeping millions and millions employed and working:
Pity the poor, shock-wearied disciples! The path to victory and freedom and sovereign, national rulership bled out before their eyes in humiliating, cringe-worthy spectacle. They had collectively put all their…
Can you feature it? The biggest, most impressive, life-altering miracle ever. I mean, ever! And God does it on the sneak! Orchestrates a non-event: no witnesses, no reporters, no cameras,…
The members of VCP met via Zoom for service on Easter Sunday, 2020. Keith Caughlin shares the message. There is some discussion and art displayed by Hope Gibbens and Elizabeth…
Onslaught. Outbreak. Warfare. Siege. Attack. Battle. Enemy. Pandemic. Suddenly, we find our conversations peppered with these words and others like them. They instigate fear, dread, anxiety. Our world is in…
Thorn in my side I know what thorns are in my side. Like the Psalmist said, "My sin is always before me." Crown of thorns Jesus himself, being God Incarnate,…
