The young woman couldn rsquo t sleep A person with a lifelong physical disability she rsquo d be center stage at a church bazaar the next day to receive donations to pay for her higher education But I rsquo m not worthy Charlotte Elliott worried Tossing and turning she doubted her credentials questioning every aspect of her spiritual life Still restless the next day she finally moved to a desk to pick up pen and paper to write down the words of the now classic hymn ldquo Just As I Am rdquo ldquo Just as I am without one plea [... more]

Something so cordial can happen in first introductions when two persons discover that they have a friend in common In what may be its most memorable form a big-hearted host welcomes a guest with something like ldquo So nice to meet you Any friend of Sam rsquo s or Samantha rsquo s is a friend of mine rdquo nbsp nbsp Jesus said something similar He rsquo d been attracting crowds by healing many But He rsquo d also been making enemies of local religious leaders by disagreeing with the way they were commercializing the temple and misusing their influence In [... more]