[To the disciples worried about the hungry crowd of 5,000, Jesus said], “You give them something to eat” (Mark 6:37). The disciples see a problem and suggest a practical solution: the people are hungry; they should be sent home so they can get some food. Jesus challenges — even taunts — the disciples to imagine…

Welcome to “Praying the Names of Jesus,” by Ann Spangler. This week’s name: Servant, Servant of God, Man of Sorrows. — See, my servant will prosper; he will be highly exalted…. My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, sprouting from a root in dry and sterile ground. There was…

There’s no reason to have those bulky telephone books lying around when it’s much easier to look up phone numbers on the web. Call the Yellow Pages and White Pages in your area and ask to be removed from their mailing lists. The only way to prevent this waste of paper is to show their…

Welcome back to Beliefnet’s exclusive Bill Hybels devotional, “Living with Grander Vision.” This feed will appear in your profile every day for three full weeks. Did you miss any entries? Just stay subscribed, and the feed will begin again at the end of its cycle. “I’m wall-to-wall meetings,” I remember telling a colleague of mine…

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