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Continue reading →: Jesus calls us to lay down our lives not be philanthropicJesus’ words about mercy and how we, as his disciples, should seek out, invite, give to, speak for, and help the marginalized in society are not subtle. “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest…
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Continue reading →: Endurance for 2019Twelve years ago I ran the PF Chang Rock n’ Roll half marathon in Phoenix. I trained for it and felt pretty good till I hit the seventh mile. Mile seven to mile 13.5 felt like my legs were made of lead and my lungs were full of fire. I…
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Continue reading →: I’m still waitingMy husband’s on the couch watching cat video’s on Youtube. One of my teenagers is nursing an injured hand, the result of punching the wall in anger after an exercise band sprang back and smacked him in the face. The other teenager is getting ready to head to the hospital…
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Continue reading →: Hope for the impossibleYou know what’s impossible? That I could jump to the moon. That a virgin could concieve a baby. That my dishes will be done and kitchen cleaned by my teenage boys without me asking before I get home from work. And that anyone would ever love Jesus. What follows here…
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Continue reading →: Call to the highways and hedgesBitter old woman Cowardly elder man Skeptical, empowered Misses Lonely, not-sure-if-he’s-a-Mister Hardened party-girl Driven, young millionaire Homeless, enslaved to heroine Lost and scared teen- baby on the way All the poor, broken, forgotten. All the crippled, drooling, loud, misunderstood. All the liars the thieves the betrayers the deceived. Jesus came…
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Continue reading →: He fledAll this time I shrunk back. I heard the low rumble of his growl I remembered the pain The times he blamed and enticed me to curse God and die. I remembered sinking in the sand he told me was solid ground. And I pulled back. There is a lion…
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Continue reading →: 10 things to do with your Bible that will help you grow in faith
It’s true, you can have a PhD in Old and New Testament studies and be what Jesus called, “a blind guide” because like Paul said, “Knowledge puffs up but love builds up” (1 Corinthians 8:1). Knowing your Bible doesn’t mean you know the one it speaks of (John 5:39). Nevertheles,…
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Continue reading →: Hope is aliveFor the Christian, hope is a rescue. And it is a promise sealed in the blood of Christ. But 2000 years downstream from that cleansing flow, and 2000 years into more human suffering and depravity, heck, just 44 years into a life and I start to ask with the Psalmist,…
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Continue reading →: Hope is a promiseWhen someone follows up what they tell me they’ll do with an emphatic, “I will! I promise!” my doubt doubles. It’s as though they weren’t trustworthy in the first place and now slapping the words, “I promise” on their trustworthiness they emphasize their untrustworthiness and I doubt all the more…
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Continue reading →: Going somewhereThere’s something about pre-dawn packing getting in a cold car in the dark shifting out of park to drive down the street to the exit to the highway into cruise turn on the news then an audio book and all that lies ahead is a road. I’m going somewhere I’m…
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