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Two illustrations of women touching Jesus: the sinful woman washing His feet (Luke 7) and the bleeding woman touching His cloak (Mark 5)—both showing how the unclean becomes holy through contact with Jesus.
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In a small town, a high school student named Grace found herself grappling with the complexities of social media. As a talented artist, she shared her work on Instagram, hoping to connect with others who appreciated creativity. At first, the...
In our fast-paced world, filled with noise and distraction, it can feel as though our capacity to love is stretched thin. Yet, when we look to the teachings of Jesus in Mark 10:42-45, we find a profound call to redefine...
On the night of September 7, 1838, a violent storm battered the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast of England. Most sensible people had shuttered...
In 2018, a family in Nashville gathered in the hallway outside Room 412 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Their father, Ray Castillo, had been on...
On the night of November 23, 1654, Blaise Pascal — the brilliant French mathematician who had already revolutionized physics and invented the mechanical calculator —...
In 2019, Marcus Rivera of Dallas, Texas, was placed on the national organ transplant waiting list for a new heart. His cardiologist told him the...
On August 27, 1727, twenty-four men and twenty-four women in the small German village of Herrnhut made a quiet commitment. They would pray in hourly...
In 2014, a twenty-six-year-old physician named Elena Garza finished her residency at Johns Hopkins and volunteered with Doctors Without Borders. Her attending physician, a woman...
In March 2019, Maria Gonzalez sat in the oncology waiting room at Houston Methodist, hands folded tight, bracing herself for the follow-up scans. Eight months...
As we gather today, I'm reminded of the profound and intricate tapestry that is interfaith dialogue in our world. Picture a vibrant community in a bustling city, where the aroma of spices from a local Middle Eastern café mingles with...
In our world today, the question of women in church leadership still ignites passionate conversation. Take the story of Sarah, a vibrant young woman whose heart beat for ministry. From an early age, she felt the unmistakable tug of God’s...
In the spring of 1588, Queen Elizabeth ordered a chain of hilltop beacons built across England, stretching from Plymouth to London. Each watchman had one...
On the night of December 29, 1940, German bombers dropped thousands of incendiary devices across London in what became known as the Second Great Fire...
When Marcus Chen graduated from medical school in 2019, his father handed him a sealed envelope. Inside was a letter dated twelve years earlier —...
In 2019, Marcus and Delia Thompson of Raleigh, North Carolina, finished painting the nursery soft yellow on a Saturday afternoon. Their adoption caseworker had told...
In April 2011, Lisa Harmon drove back to Joplin, Missouri, three days after the EF5 tornado shredded her neighborhood into splinters. She came for one...
In the small town of Bardstown, Kentucky, Martha Edelen kept a coffee pot warming on her kitchen counter every single day for forty-three years. Her...
On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and read General Order Number Three aloud in the public square. The war...
In 2018, Maria Gutierrez drove to her family's restaurant in Houston for the last time — or so she thought. Hurricane Harvey had buried the...
In 2019, before Zion Williamson played his first official NBA game for the New Orleans Pelicans, cameras caught something in the crowd at the Smoothie...
In 1999, Kevin Duffus interviewed one of the last living lighthouse keepers from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The old keeper described his nightly routine with...
In March 2024, a small team of technicians at Cape Canaveral sat through the dead hours before a SpaceX launch. The countdown clock read T-minus...
Maria Gonzalez has been a midwife in rural New Mexico for twenty-two years. Every night before bed, she sets her medical bag by the front...