“Lord, to whom shall we go?” These are the words that the disciples use when some of those following Jesus abandon Him because the things he says are too hard. Jesus asks if they too wish to depart, if the ministry on earth will have to continue somewhere else, with perhaps other disciples since the […]
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I am not hungry at present. I was not hungry an hour ago and likely will not be hungry for the next few hours. I am not sleepy right not. I was not sleepy an hour ago and likely I will not be sleepy for the next few hours. I’m not sure we even know […]
Tags : blessed, Elijah, feeding the multitudes, food pantry, hunger, Hungry, mission, plenty, potluck, United States, word of god
I do not dream. I know that sounds crazy, but it is true, for as long as I can remember I have not awoken the way that some people do with the frost of a dream covering my mind, lacy and white and ephemeral, melting away as wakefulness returns to my brain. For whatever reason, […]
Tags : adulthood, Advocate, calling, daydream, dreams, faithful, family, future, healthy, Hollywood, Holy Spirit, hopeful, Kingdom, MacGyver, mission, Robert Ludlum, strong, trinity, vocabulary
I hid under the sheets, hoping to surprise my daughter when she came upstairs for bedtime, and prayers, and a weird ritual we have sometimes called “lumpy bed” where I pretend not to know that she’s there and pretend to just lay down in bed and then complain that there are so many lumps and […]
Tags : bedtime, children, discipleship, gift, grace, Home, Hope, love, mission, salvation, smell, trust
New year, new people in the pews (a couple) and perhaps a new chance. I’ve been thinking about the decline in the churches in the United States lately, its not an obsession, but it is a thing that bears some analysis if it is to be defied, or even (dare we ask?) reversed. With all […]
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