... a stranger at St. Cuthbert's, you would never guess this blase bald gentleman with his gray-and-white striped beard and rumpled seersuckers, dreamily plodding to the altar rail in his squishy-sounding yellow Wallabees, or thoughtfully munching his donut ... loudly so that he was sure of being overheard. "I say we're lucky to have him. This church has to have a few sinners, Miriam." Then the priest quoted a verse of Scripture. "`I am not come to call the righteous...'" he said. And added, "YOU-KNOW-WHO said that ...
... all the mighty deeds and all the terrifying displays of power..." Hollywood needs a handsome, powerful Charleton Heston with flowing hair and full beard to begin to portray this "lion" of a man. Our lesson introduces us to him at the end of his life. Moses is ... bath, found the baby crying in his basket-boat, took pity on him and decided to adopt. Courtesy of Moses' big sister Miriam, the princess arranged for Jochobed to be the wet-nurse...and for MONEY! What a quirky, unlikely turn of events!(2) Scripture ...
... ; with rotting black teeth, and innumerable needle marks from his drug addiction. He walked around nearly naked most of the time with his beard and hair to his waist. He kept his own human waste in quart jars which he stashed around his 15 by 17 foot ... THE FOOTSTEPS OF THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR ALL FOR GOD. I don't even have to tell their stories. Abraham, Joshua, Miriam, Jonah, Elijah, Jeremiah and a host of others. They were not perfect people, but they were committed people. Jesus, of course, went ...
