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A Seamless Love
Were you ever that kid in class? You know the one I mean; the one with all the questions and the smart retorts. The one who always knew better than...
Grace and Gardens
“Let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure. Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good” Luke 13:8 In today’s...
Attentive to the Simple Things
I smiled at Jesus's words to the crowds: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A shower is coming'; and so it happens....
Who is First?
After a day of playing in the crashing waves, we washed up in the public shower as best one can when trying to wash sand off while still wearing...
Open Wide the Doors to Christ
Have you ever stopped to wonder—to truly wonder—how people shared news 2000 years ago? There were no social media networks, no television programs, and no smart phones. There were no...
Seeking Peace
I don’t know about you, but lately I’ve had so much to do. I have a sink full of dishes, piles of laundry, a stack of homework, long hours...
A Detached Life
18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods....
He Knows Your Name
Have you ever seen the movie The Prince of Egypt? It is based on the Exodus account of Moses and his liberation of the Hebrews from slavery to the Egyptians,...
Created for Community
The First Reading today grips my heart. Can you imagine? Discerning that your death is near and trying to encourage and instruct your son in the faith one last time?...
Being Known
“You are of more value than many sparrows.” We are of more value than the sparrows that are not forgotten before God, and the hairs of our heads are numbered....
Emotion: The Gift of the Spirit
There is something about worship music that completely overtakes me. As I lift my hands up in praise and as I worship Him with the congregation, I am always...
Being Cultivated
As a young Christian I sometimes focused more on what I was not supposed to do. Don't love the best seat in the synagogues. Don't load people with burdens...
