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O, Me, Of Little Faith
Lately I’ve been noticing the invisible people in Bible stories. Recently, it was a whole crowd who had previously managed to elude my view. Who were these people? These ones who came out to the wilderness to hear John the Baptist, to repent of their sins, and to be baptized? In all my years reading …[ read more ]
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Fall on Your Knees, O Hear the Angel Voices
I love my children and grandchildren with a white-hot searing love that could incinerate the sun if anyone tried to harm them. To say I’m protective of them is to say that Meryl Streep is well-known, that Thor can manage a hammer, or that Whitney Houston could carry a tune. As mild-mannered as Clark Kent …[ read more ]
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A Post I Wrote from Inside the Belly of a Large Fish
I’ve been studying the book of Jonah. I used to see it primarily as a story about a man who ran from God. That’s not me. So, I enjoyed studying Jonah because it was a safe foray into someone else’s follies. Slim chance of personal conviction. A prophet with issues. A follower who doesn’t like …[ read more ]
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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 ]