Tag: holy-spirit
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God’s stamp of Approval!
Ink stamps mark documents… the ones above with German names look like an office set. The Gebucht one could be for stamping ‘entered’ on invoices. The Fur lhre Akten stamp could be for printing, ‘for your files’ on client’s copies. Historically stamps were used to validate articles. Kings and other nobles would have a signet…
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D’ont let the Fire go out!
There’s nothing worse than a fire that has gone out; just grey ash, charred wood, and maybe some lukewarm coals. The chance of the fire coming back to life is remote, short of a fresh start with kindling and paper… and the house is cold! When John the Baptist spoke about the Baptism with the…
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A Companion for life!
There is an incident in the Gospel narrative where the disciples were out fishing in two boats. They had fished all night and caught nothing but Jesus asked them to put down their nets again. They caught so many fish that the nets were in danger of breaking and the other boat had to come…
