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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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The Gospel According to Jonah
I want revenge. Reprisal. Accountability. Comeuppance. Answerability. Retribution. It’s hard for me to admit that but it’s true. If I’ve chosen to follow the rules, made sacrifices to be obedient, then I want those who haven’t been obedient to suffer the consequences. I don’t like people getting away with stuff. I believe in rules, standards, …[ read more ]
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Voluntary Chain Gangs
Ever serve time on a chain gang? I’ll bet you have. I’ll even bet you’ve volunteered to join one. If you’ve never seen one, it was a practice, now mostly abolished, whereby prisoners were chained together in order to do menial labor such as building roads or digging ditches. They were linked to one another …[ read more ]
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I’m Thinking of Doing Something Crazy
I’m thinking of doing something crazy. I think I’m going to get a sign. You know the kind I’m talking about because you’ve seen them before. And you usually think the people holding them are crazy – at the very least, you dismiss them. Sometimes, though, you pat yourself on the back for being too …[ read more ]