Today’s Christians do not always know that the Cross did not become a meaningful symbol of our faith until sometime in the 2nd-century - long after the death of Jesus. In the earliest days of Christianity, the Christian fish was the preeminent sign of those who followed Jesus. The cross was nothing more than a bad memory – the instrument of crucifixion imposed by the Romans not only upon Jesus but upon thousands of other Jews. Can you understand why the early Christians didn’t like crosses? The cross originally was a symbol of oppression, injustice and death. So how [READ MORE]

Many years ago, our family was vacationing on Cape Cod. My father and mother rented a bicycle-built-for-two. Off they went for an afternoon’s ride. Well, when they returned, my father was soaked in sweat, completely out of breath, and just about on the verge of a heart attack! He gasped, “That is a lot harder than it looks! It actually felt like I was pedaling the two of us all by myself!!!!” And that’s when my mother got this terrible look on her face! She didn’t know she was supposed to pedal! Do you know that you’re supposed to pedal, [READ MORE]