A few months ago, my pastor from my early teens years came up to me during a break where I was speaking. Pastor Watson told me that he had recently taken himself off cancer medicine and that he would die soon. He then asked me if I would officiate at his funeral. He said it in a matter of fact way. I was taken a back…
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In John’s gospel, Jesus is continually confronted with two questions: Where did you come from? and Where are you going? People are interested in our past. Folks know that our past does help shape and form us as we are in the process of growing and developing. Some of us may feel some limitations because of our past, but Jesus’ past was not a limitation. When people, after hearing Jesus…
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