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By: Alex J. Nagem (c) March 11, 2025                 Seven roads split from the single path that lay before the traveler. They resemble a seven-branched Menorah. Each branch invites curiosity and decision. One is lined with trees so thick sunlight could barely find a way through the leaves and branches. A cool breeze invites shade…

By Alex J. Nagem © March 8, 2025 (Rev)                 “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference” (Reinhold Niebuhr).                  We have heard or read these words many times. For some, these words are a daily guide…

Alex J. Nagem © March 6, 2025 (Revised from an original writing: February 10th, 2013) At this time in our lives, we should know that Lent is a time of sacrifice, penitence, prayer, and suffering. It is a time when we “give up” our luxuries. We may stop smoking, drinking beer or alcohol, eating chocolate,…

By: Alex J. Nagem © 1.26.2013 Rev. 3.7.2025 I prayed for you today. There is a reason why you came. You looked in the church but did not stay. I know, I’ve felt the same. You looked as if you lost your way. You had to leave; you had a look of shame. The time…

Alex J. Nagem © April 24, 2022 Me:        God! Do you have time to talk? God:      You know I always have time for my children. What is on your mind, as if I didn’t already know? Me:        If you already know, why do you wait for me to ask before you answer or help me?…

By: Alex J. Nagem © January 7, 2014                         ” Indeed, God speaks once, or twice, yet no one notices it. In a dream, a vision of the night, when sound sleep falls on men, while they slumber in their beds, then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction.” Job 33:14-16                          …

By: Alex J. Nagem (c) Rev. August 5, 2024 My trek in search of religious answers began in the late 1970s when I spent a month in Israel walking through the streets and alleys of the Old City of Jerusalem, the paths of Mount of Olives, and the surrounding area. I had the opportunity to talk with people of…

Alex J Nagem © March 6, 2025 In Paul’s writings, he states in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. But what does it mean? How can I be in constant prayer when talking to others on a…