DAILY READING Revelation 5:11-14 REFLECTION   Worthy is the Lamb! By Pam Mann As a child, I was taught that every Sunday worship service is practice for what every creature will do at the end of time. Our life is richer now, Mrs. K, the children’s choir director would explain, because we can taste-test the wonder of heavenly praise when we worship God in church. As an adult, I lived some years in west Africa. One Sunday morning, as I was leaving the church building with the dismissal of the...

DAILY READING John 20:30-31 REFLECTION   Life in His Name By Pam Mann John writes about only seven signs. Clearly, he’s carefully chosen which of Jesus’ many miracles to describe. Highlighting of the ones that happened on a Sabbath helps us understand why the religious leaders get so agitated against the long-awaited Messiah. John focuses on the principal players in each event but think of all the others whose lives were transformed by encountering Jesus. For every sign that John describes,...

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...