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St. Andrew’s Midweek Update June 12, 2024 Joys and Sorrows Kiss Dear Friends, This week my family is traveling to my mother’s hometown for her burial. It is a bittersweet trip with a family reunion, the celebration of new life, and a final goodbye. Yesterday, my oldest cousin took me aside and shared this short…

How many times have you read the Bible? Some people try to read it from Genesis to Revelation over the course of a year, or two, or three. Some dip into it here and there—taking up a chapter or a verse as the mood strikes. Some avoid it altogether, finding it very confusing and even…

I raised three children in the church. With few exceptions we were in the pews every Sunday morning, followed by Sunday school, and then the long lingering conversations afterwards. We were also at church on Wednesday for a mid-week program and dinner afterwards. My kids were churched! I think it’s expected that if a child…

*Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. In these lay many invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he…