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What Have You Heard from the Father?
"I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father." // John 15:15 Her back eased onto the couch as she pulled the...
Staying Connected to the Vine
"Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither." // John 15:6 I shuffled forward in the confessional line, head bowed, body stiff....
How God Works
Nicodemus answered and said to him, "How can this happen?"// John 3:9 We exchanged glances after reading the text messages together. My sister rubbed my back while I rubbed my...
Loins Girded, Hearts Open
"You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come." // Luke 12:40* I heaved an oversized cardboard box off the...
Doing the Father's Work
But Jesus answered them,“My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” // John 5:17 He shoveled half-heartedly, flipping his shovel into the snow bank. "I'm DONE!"...
Finding God in the Loud
"You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." // Matthew 22:37 It was almost midnight, and we continued...
A Lovely Limestone Dwelling Place
How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God! // Psalm 84:3 I followed my children and husband from the car, over the overgrown weeds in the grass, through a...
Smug Superiority and Stillness Within
"But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but is guilty of an everlasting sin.” For they had said, “He has an unclean spirit.” // Mark 3:29-30...
My Wrinkled To-Do List
"They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened...
Giving Like God Gives
He said to them in reply, “Whoever has two tunics should share with the person who has none." // Luke 3:11 He clutched both suckers, one in each hand. His...
The End Times and My End Times
"So also Christ, offered once to take away the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to take away sin but to bring salvation to those who eagerly...
Hidden Life and the Front of the Line
"For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last" (Luke 13:30). I closed my eyes kneeling on the carpet in this hotel...
