SUMMARY KEYWORDS Jesus, Lazarus, Mary, Martha, friend, life, God, church, disciples, trust, tomb, relationship, Christ, prayer, bound, called, heal, die, truth, community   New year, new friends. No, this is not a reason to stop being a friend and choose…

With so much hope that comes with a new year, we have to know that there will be some landmines, too. Even if we try to do everything perfectly, there are still going to be landmines that catch us by…

At the beginning of every new year, people start saying things like “New year, new me!”  Do you know why that saying doesn’t work? It’s because if we could make ourselves new, we would have done it already! There's only…