When I was seven years old, an amazing thing happened. Every morning when I woke up, there was a brand new pair of purple striped socks, In their original paper packaging, in my drawer. The first couple of mornings, I didn’t think much of it. But as the days went on, into the 5th and 6th days, I started to think something special was going on. I said to myself, if these socks appear one more day, it’s a miracle! Well, of course I looked the next day in my drawer—I found la

During the years I was a stay at home mom, I taught my daughter Stephanie’s pre-school Sunday school class. For the lesson on the ascension of Jesus, I had a brilliant idea: Since pre-school children often learn by doing, I decided to act out the ascension story with them. First we read it in our picture bibles, and then I brought out a red helium filled balloon w a smiley face on it. I explained that the balloon was Jesus, and that we were going to be his disciples We would

Lynn had a special plate which graced her fireplace mantle. It was given to her at her wedding, and it was inscribed with Jesus’ words from our Gospel lesson today: “There is no greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” It was a keepsake from one of the happiest days of her life. One day a neighborhood friend was over to play with Lynn’s son, And the child knocked the mantle. Lynn was in the room when it happened, and saw the plate wobbling. It was on