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By Gloria Wessner           What was this, this bright, dazzling, shining light all around them? Joel clung to the little orphan lamb he was clutching, and hid his face in its soft wool. He dared to take a peek and couldn’t believe what he thought he was seeing. He saw a form of a being…

By Gloria Wessner Joel shuffled his way down the dusty street towards the stable through the little town of Bethlehem. No one was stirring yet as predawn blackness prevailed before the coming of the sun. Ever since Joel’s father died last year, he helped bring in a few extra drachmas for his mother by working…

By Gloria Wessner The world just isn’t getting any better. Places in the world have brutal wars, starvation, extreme weather events, racial unrest, peoples striving for democracy, economic disasters, extreme immoral religious behavior and major environmental issues. It is increasingly difficult to feel peaceful living in the world with all of these issues around you,as…

By Gloria Wessner “God loved the world (you!) so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.” Who willingly sacrifices…

By Gloria Wessner That might sound weird coming from someone who writes about God, but it’s true! I don’t want to be bound up in religion, which traditionally is understood as being boring, impersonal, duty-bound, can be full of rituals yet fulfilling. What I want and need is a living, breathing and dynamic personal relationship…