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The Bracing Power of Ancestry.God
When promises or dreams take a long time to be fulfilled, it’s easy to doubt them. We grow weary. Others mock us for waiting. Scorn our hope. Point us to focus on “reality.” As if something is less real because it is slow to appear. We share our days with a cynical generation. No one …[ read more ]
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Making A List and Checking It Twice
Just a list of names. I’ve been reading the Bible since I was six but for many years, when I came to a long genealogy like the one that opens Matthew’s gospel, I would pass it by so I could get to the stories. Maybe because I’m older and closer to being just a name …[ read more ]