Power of the Holy Spirit A few years ago, we had just arrived back in Port Canaveral from our February cruise and had taken the shuttle to the Alamo car rental lot. We did all the things we needed to rent our car. We showed them our licenses and declined seven upgrades, three insurance offers…
Chapter 37
What was Jesus like as a child?” Mary smiled. “It was easy to forget that he was the Son of God. He was just a kid, but a kid that didn’t seem to get in trouble. Which really annoyed his brothers and sister. I had to be so careful not to compare them with their…
Danger! Falling Iguanas
Beware of falling iguanas! While not a warning that we would hear in Nova Scotia, it has been a reality in Florida lately. It seems that with the recent unseasonable cold snap in Florida, the cold-blooded reptiles are freezing and falling out of the trees that they sleep in at night. Some weather reports in the…
Chapter 38
He was a great storyteller. People may have called him a teacher, but he taught with stories. He told us stories about beggars and kings, farmers and fields, fish and fisherman and brides and grooms. Sometimes the meaning was obvious. Like the story he told about the man who was forgiven the great debt but…
Chapter 39
It wasn’t long after that that Jesus introduced us to his friend Lazarus and his sisters, Mary and Martha. We were on our way to Jerusalem and stopped in Bethany; the group scattered to find rooms where they could but Jesus invited Andrew and me to spend the night with him and his friends. Lazarus…
Chapter 40
Not everybody got it. The next morning, the rest of the group gathered together at Lazarus’ before heading out. Martha outdid herself again with breakfast, and when we were done we tried to help, but Martha wouldn’t let us. She said that it would take a week to figure out where we put everything when…
Chapter 41
Hey Peter,” Jesus’ voice broke through my fog, we’d been walking for what seemed like forever, but was probably just a couple of hours and I had gone to my nothing place. “Peter, do you remember the day that we almost sunk the two boats with all the fish?” It was amazing how he did…
Chapter 42
We had been together the better part of three years when Jesus started talking about the end. It wasn’t like he pulled us together for “The Talk”, it just became a part of what he was saying. He told us he would be betrayed, but he didn’t mention who would do the betraying. It was…
Chapter 43
We had just finished breakfast when Jesus motioned for me to join him outside the group. “Hey Pete, we are going for a little hike, go get the Thunder Boys and meet me on that little trail that leads up the mountain outside of town.” I felt like saying “Come on Jesus, a little hike,…
Chapter 44
When Jesus told us that he wanted to be in Jerusalem for the Passover the rest of the group tried to convince him it was too dangerous to go. For once I kept my mouth shut. If he felt it was time, who was I to correct him? He’d made that pretty clear the last…