Proper 16.C.25
Luke 13:10-17
Melanie L. McCarley
It sometimes happens that the rules we are given fail to make reasonable sense. As most of us have learned at some point in our lives, we challenge them at our peril. Take a moment and try to recall a time when you were faced with a rule that made no sense—and how it made you feel.
Proper 15.C.25(13)
Hebrews 12:18-29; Luke 13:10-17
Melanie L. McCarley
Proper 14.C.25
Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
Melanie L. McCarley
Some sentences resemble a stuffed suitcase—so full, that the expander had to be unzipped and the owner has had to resort to sitting on the bag in order for it to close. Such is the sentence penned by the author of the epistle to the Hebrews who writes: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” It is considered by some to be the classic definition of Christian faith.