DAILY READING John 9:35-41 REFLECTION   I See Something that You Don't See By Pam Mann “I see something that you don’t see and the color of it is...” This is the line in the kids’ game that you may have played often. One kid says this line and the other kids look about for whatever obscure item the first kid has picked. In the game, everyone needs to be seeing. The blind cannot play. The Pharisees, who are present for the Sabbath hubbub over the newly granted sight to a man born blind, likely...

DAILY READING Deuteronomy 32:1-4 , 39 REFLECTION   Who is God? Who am I? By Pam Mann Who is God? Who am I? These are two BIG life questions. The answer to these two basic questions shapes our every thought, word, and deed.   Deuteronomy 32 offers deep insight into these two questions. In verses 1-4, Moses is totally pumped about how he can proclaim God’s greatness. Let’s consider who Moses is. At this point, he’s at the end of his work career. His career has had its ups and downs, but what a...

DAILY READING Luke 7:11-17 REFLECTION   Be in Awe By Pam Mann There’s nothing to add to an account of the dead being raised by Jesus of Nazareth.  Simply read the passage again and be in awe . Feel the chill that fell over the large crowd that had gathered to support the doubly forlorn widow. With her husband dead and now her son headed to join him in the grave, she has nothing. She has no financial future in that society. Life is hard. Funerals happen all the time. People of all ages keep...