Who gets chosen is a question we usually think of in terms of getting picked for a team at school. But being chosen can be a big thing. Being chosen for an award or a promotion can make a big difference to our self-esteem and sometimes to our paycheques. Being chosen is also a big…
Water. It is one of the critical things for survival. We can live for about three days without water. We have to have it. Most civilizations arose around water – lakes, rivers, oceans – because if you have water, you can get the other things you need to live. Agriculture is impossible without water; water…
There are quite a few intriguing characters in the Bible. Most of them are intriguing because we know so little about them. One of them is one of the two principle characters in our Gospel reading, Nicodemus. Who was Nicodemus? We know he was a Pharisee and we know he was on the Jewish council…