Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tearfully prayed for healing at a Catholic mass over Easter, according to Assist News Service. The 57-year-old is battling cancer and last year went to Cuba for treatment, which was apparently unsuccessful. Chavez wanted to become a priest as a young man. He believes his socialism has roots in the teachings […]
A man with leprosy: Mark 1:40-45
Fourth in a series This seems to be a story about healing, about God’s graciousness in healing the illnesses that come because we have turned God’s good creation into a sinful, fallen world. If so, it leads us to praise God. But, at another level, it is a story about obedience. We can understand the […]
God’s healing song triumphed over a mother’s grief
Mercy had been gone for five weeks – and with her died all my hope. I was walking along a Northern Ireland beach with my radiant, vivacious sister Rebekah. I couldn’t force myself to be cheerful any longer. I was sure my life was over; I felt my faith ebbing away. “If I go halfway, […]