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“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in  me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you…

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going. Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?" Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the…

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26 Everybody dies. Some don't even get to be born first - but almost everyone who lives must one day die. Almost everyone. Thinking about dying doesn't have to be morbid. For most of history, early death has been much more common and death much more a part of life - not hidden away in hospitals and funeral parlours but experienced and felt and mourned in homes and communities.…