Special OCSM Message

Simply calling yourself a Christian does not make you one.  How you LIVE your life determines that.  You can fool other people but you can’t […]

Cling to Jesus

She said to herself, “If I only touch [Jesus’] cloak, I will be healed.” Matthew 9:21 Dizziness struck me in the stairwell of the office […]

God’s Rescue

He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place […]

Everybody Worships

People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. Acts 17:22 I recently visited Athens, Greece. Walking around its ancient Agora—the […]

Smartphone Compassion

The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Exodus 34:6 Was the driver late with your […]

You Can Trust God

Those who know your name trust in you. Psalm 9:10 When my cat Mickey had an eye infection, I put eye drops in his eyes […]

More Precious than Gold

Come to [Jesus], the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him. 1 Peter 2:4 Have you ever looked through low-priced […]

Three Kings

His people made no funeral fire in his honor, as they had for his predecessors. 2 Chronicles 21:19 In the hit musical Hamilton, England’s King […]

Meet Mayela

“When we walked through the doors of St. Jude, we felt we could breathe again,” Angel, Mayela’s dad. Mayela recently returned from “the best trip” of her […]

One Door for All

Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10:13 The protocols at the restaurant in my childhood neighborhood were consistent […]