Category: scripture
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› Read more: Meanwhile in Midian: The Purpose of the Messy Middle
Meanwhile in Midian: The Purpose of the Messy Middle
It’s about to be graduation season where we celebrate beginnings with their vague hope and endings with their celebratory finality.…
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› Read more: The Power of a Visit
The Power of a Visit
I thought I knew what a visit was until the Lord allowed me to make some Afghan friends. I visit…
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› Read more: Blade by Blade: Painting the World Blue
Blade by Blade: Painting the World Blue
Red and blue. Progressive and traditional. These words have become battle lines and rallying cries in our alarmingly divided nation.…
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› Read more: Precious & Painful Death
Precious & Painful Death
When the Lord speaks, a sentence can feed and fuel a soul. This morning in the corporate reading of Scripture,…
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› Read more: Imposition & Accommodation
Imposition & Accommodation
We are an imposing people. When stepping into a culture, we tend to impose ourselves and our ways onto it. We…
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› Read more: The Seder and The Savior
The Seder and The Savior
A few years ago, when my children were three and two years old, I had the brilliant idea of teaching…
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› Read more: The Resurrection Means Rest
The Resurrection Means Rest
If I am honest, as we are approaching the high point of the liturgical year, I am feeling quite low.…
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› Read more: Resurrection (The Happiest Handkerchief)
Resurrection (The Happiest Handkerchief)
As we approach Easter amidst war in Ukraine, it does not take much imagination for us to join the 11…
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› Read more: Charcoal Fires and Forgiveness
Charcoal Fires and Forgiveness
The Apostle John was a master storyteller. As with any excellent fiction writer, he painted such detailed pictures of the…
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› Read more: On Pin Cushions and Preoccuption
On Pin Cushions and Preoccuption
Preoccupied: to be so engrossed with thoughts of something or someone that you are unable to engage in other things.…
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