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Continue reading →: For those who want more than the seasonal department at Walmart to inform their holidaysA book review of Lent-The Season of Repentance and Renewal by Esau McCaulley; Fullness of Time Series from InterVarsity Press I grew up in a non-liturgical church. We did have a liturgy, we just didn’t call it that. Every Sunday we were formed by a service that included announcements about the…
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Continue reading →: Let this be a witness: There are still faithful men and women leading local churchesI came across a quote the other day about writing down the ways you’ve witnessed God’s faithfulness. When they’re actually happening, don’t wait. Write it down. The idea is that someday you’ll need to look back and remind yourself of God’s goodness and faithfulness. Because you’ll forget. So here I…
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Continue reading →: Church without the fourth wall“There’s no preacher here today,” my dad whispered in my ear as I sat in the second row pew of my childhood church. When I visit my dad I always go to church with him. Though I do not hold to many of the doctrines of my childhood church, I…
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Continue reading →: Thank you, God, for the Vance Family
I cried buckets today. My pastor (no one famous- IYKYK) Jason Vance, and his wife, my friend Karey, and their kids, who I love so much, were commissioned and sent to pastor a church in Oklahoma. I’ve re-written this post three times trying to say how good it is to…
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Continue reading →: No god does this! The miracle of Good Friday
Good Friday, in all its horror is just as miraculous as Sunday and all its wonder. I believe in the incarnate God. Immanuel. God with us. Jesus is God bent low to save man. The cosmic breaking of all decorum angels and demons expect of the Creator of the Universe,…
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Continue reading →: Matter matters
Sunday I sat with other kids ministry leaders at my church to plan and pray for our kids and families. One of the concerns we have is the way we teach kids. This generation is born into the world of the cloud. They learn via visual images on screens that…
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Continue reading →: A declaration: I will lament and loveI have an aversion to clean slates and starting over. Those things have their appeal and their place as well, but as a practice or rhythm for life they don’t work very well. Especially where humans are involved. Rachel Joy Welcher wrote, in her poem, Tangled, “When will you realize,…
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Continue reading →: I am the riffraff“The riffraff among them had a strong craving for other food.” Numbers 11:4 I decided to remove the social media apps from my phone for the Lenten season this year. Ask me how many times I’ve put them back on since Ash Wednesday? More than that. I ran across this…
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Continue reading →: A spiritual blessing in the treesI went for a walk yesterday and paid attention to the birds. The fairy-like flutter and zoom of six hummingbirds captivated me. I noticed the stately and intimidating silhouette of a Red-tailed hawk perched atop a dead Cottonwood tree. I realized innumerable Grackles and doves populate the gray sky, fences,…
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Continue reading →: Why I write about faithfulness and learning to love
Since it’s a new year I thought I would do a sort of a re-introduction to this blog and the why behind it. A central theme written over my life and tied to everything I write is faithfulness. About 14 years ago I started blogging. Almost everything I write, whether…
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