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                In 2019, the California Academy of Sciences released a list of seventy-one new species that had been discovered that year. This list included seventeen types of fish, fifteen geckos, six sea slugs, four eels, and two lizards.                 I find it fascinating that we are still finding new creatures. Since 2010, the academy has discovered 1375 previously unknown species, and the article I read stated that “Biodiversity scientists estimate that more than 90 percent of Earth’s species are still unknown”.                 If that is true of the physical world which we know so well, what might that say about the Spiritual world about which we know so little? When I read scripture, I realize that there is more going on than what I see, know, or expect.                 After Joseph’s brothers turn on him and sell him as a slave, G

 The secret contained in Jesus' name and why you need to remember it  

 Being tough is admirable. Being merciful is Godly.  

                   Sometimes, when one starts with the wrong idea, it can be difficult to see things correctly. For example, when my Sunday School teachers talked about Jesus being arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, I pictured a quiet, orderly scene. People came from town, found Jesus, and told him that the High Priest would like to see him. In response, Jesus got up and quietly followed them back to town. That picture could not be further from the truth.                 Mark 14 says, “As he (Jesus) was speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs” (verse 43). That does not sound very peaceful. Rarely does an armed crowd show up in a quiet and orderly fashion.                 Then things deteriorated even more. “The men seized Jesus and arrested him. Then one of those standing near drew his swo

 One reason to keep hoping when it seems that there is no hope.  

 Modern technology allows us to communicate quickly and easily. However, this blessing can also be a curse. Maybe we need to re-examine our assumptions about always being "on-call"  

                   When Nadia Popovici decided to attend the NHL’s Seattle Kraken’s first ever home game last year, she did not understand how life-changing that event would be for her and a complete stranger.                 Popovici was seated behind the Vancouver Canucks bench and, while she thoroughly enjoyed the game, she was also distracted by a mole on the neck of one of their staff members.   Unsure what to do, Popovici waited until the end of the game and then went over to where Brian Hamilton was standing.   She banged on the glass to get his attention and, when he looked, she held her phone up so that he could see a message that said, “The mole on the back of your neck is cancer”.                 Hamilton shrugged and went on with his duties, not giving it much more thought.   However, when he got home the next morning, he mentio