The Ethiopian Church Journal Blog

Look At Me Now! I am “the” star I can spin, like dust in the air . . . I am the leaf, rotten dump in the mud I am the forgotten son, I am that unwanted child Look at me now! I am the sea that swallows your land I am your handicap; I am your shortest hand I am the king who sits above it all I am the slave who waits for the crumbs to fall I am the rich, with riches untold I am the poor, have hunger as a friend I am the righteous, with clean feet and clean hand I am the sinner, covered with splattered blood Look at me now! I am the sunshine, I am the rain I am the pleasure, I am the pain I am the joy, I am covered with smiles I am the sorrow; I am your midnight tears I am your dancing feet; I am your signature beat I am your fear; I am your bloody sweat I am you, I am me I am us, I am he I am them, I am she But don’t look at me now , in me you find no good I am not me, with Christ I am dead Look at me through the blood Look at me through Christ,

Signs of the Times [L] Americans at Target on Black Friday: Waiting for Goods; [R] Russians at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior: Waiting for God?

Now on his way to Jerusalem , Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee .   As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy   met him. They stood at a distance   and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” When he saw them, he said,   “Go, show yourselves to the priests.”   And as they went, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice.   He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. Jesus asked,   “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?   Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him,   “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.” [Luke 17: 11-17]             “Praise be to you, O  LORD, God of our father Israel , from everlasting to everlasting. Yours, O  LORD,   is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and eart