On the Way to Nain

In Luke chapter 7, there is a brief account of a miracle Jesus performed. Luke is the only writer of the gospels who mentions it, and the story is given only a brief few verses of text: “And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many …

The Best Things in the Worst Times

In Leicester England, an inscription on the entrance to a church built in the 1600’s reads, “When all things sacred were throughout this nation either demolished or profaned, Sir Robert Shirley, Baronet, founded this church. [He it is] whose singular praise [is] to have done the best things in the worst times and hoped them …