Sep2023
Dead … or asleep?
by Sal Huckel
He went in and said to them, ‘Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.’ But they laughed at him (Mark 5:39,40a).
Sep2023
The holy name
by Sal Huckel
He shouted at the top of his voice, ‘What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God’s name don’t torture me!’ (Mark 5:7).
Sep2023
‘Why isn’t God doing anything?’
by Sal Huckel
A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?’ (Mark 4:37,38).
Sep2023
Let your li’l light shine!
by Sal Huckel
Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand? For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open (Mark 4:21,22).
Sep2023
Getting into God’s word!
by Sal Huckel
Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain (Mark 4:7,8a).
Sep2023
The age of entitlement!
by Sal Huckel
‘Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ So the last will be first, and the first will be last (Matthew 20:15,16).
