In the words of one of his family members, Abraham “got his honesty and his clean notions of living and kind heart from his father”.
Category: Faith
I sat in the lecture hall after everyone had departed and thought back on the lesson I had just given. In my 15 years of teaching, it was the worst I had ever done.
A dad bod is casual, built by neglect and circumstance; to build a father figure requires work.
Disappointment and failure are part of life—but some failures hurt more than others.
The father in the parable of the Prodigal Son allowed his son to leave but waited every day for him to return, running to meet him with open arms when he finally did.
I asked myself what the purpose of life is: where do I belong? How I am going to find the answer? And who will be able to answer the question?
As leaders of the Church we sometimes forget how important that support is and how many sacrifices our families have made for us to serve in a leadership role.
He told them the program could not proceed because it was associated with the name Adventist. He accused us of trying to “indoctrinate” the children and declared their community was Catholic-only.
We don’t have to be climate activists or even recycle, because the downfall of Earth will bring Jesus’ coming even closer. Right? Well, not quite.
The tragedy is not that Saul failed. It’s that he never returned. He let shame speak louder than repentance. He let his fear overpower grace.