Article by Tammy Tkach

Often there is talk of getting to know Jesus. How to do this, however, seems a little nebulous and difficult. This is mainly because we cannot see him or speak to him face to face. He is real. But it is neither visible nor palpable. We cannot hear his voice either, except perhaps on rare occasions. Then how could we go about getting to know him? Recently, more than one source has drawn my attention to seeking and learning about Jesus in the gospels. I often have, as you are sure ...

Have you ever been in a huge crowd and felt small and insignificant? Or have you been on an airplane and noticed that the people on the ground were as small as vermin? Sometimes I think that in God's eyes we look like locusts hopping around in the dirt. In Isaiah 40,22:24 God says: He sits on the circle of the earth, and those who dwell in it are like locusts; he stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in; he makes princes to be as nothing, and judges…

My daughter recently asked me, "Mom, is there really more than one way to skin a cat?" I laughed. She knew what the saying meant, but she really had a real question about this poor cat. There is usually more than one way to do something. When it comes to getting difficult things done, we Americans believe in "good old American ingenuity." Then we have the cliche, "Necessity is the mother of invention." If the first attempt fails, you cover yourself and let someone else take a shot. When Jesus talked about himself and the ways of God...