To be without sight – temporarily, suddenly, or permanently from birth – means that a person will experience the world in a new way: physical, emotional, and even spiritual. Helen Keller, born in Alabama in 1880, and who lost her sight and her hearing as a result of a childhood illness, refused to give in […]
Sermon Topic: Man Born Blind
Light, Water, Harvest, Exodus
When Jesus heals a man born blind he is doing so on the heels of a great Jewish feast called Sukkoth. The ceremonies surrounding the keeping of this feast included building booths or tents made out of tree branches, water being drawn from the pool of Siloam which was poured over the altar of the […]
