Waiting on the edge of a miracle
“When Jesus saw [the invalid] lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, ‘Do you want to get well?’ ‘Sir,’ the invalid replied, ‘I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get...
Water changes everything
Do you know much water you use every day? Studies show that the average American uses 80-100 gallons per day — and that’s just one person! Clean water is everywhere we turn in the U.S., but that’s not the case in many countries. Today on World Water Day — a day set...
6 easy ways to teach your kids about World Water Day
How often do your kids think about water? Maybe they get thirsty in the middle of the night … or excited when they play in the sprinkler on a hot day. For some kids, water can be the enemy at bath time and a friend at the neighbor’s pool. But although your kids...
Water: from death to life
“And this was [John the Baptist’s] message: ‘After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit’” — Mark 1: 7-8, NIV. A symbol of new...
Water is life
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation — Isaiah 12:3, ESV. You’ve probably heard the phrase “water is life.” But what does that really mean? For most of us, water is everywhere. We have never truly had to go without it. When people say, “water is...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.