I asked our Saturday night group to think about some goals for 2013. I decided to talk with you about that exercise as well. I said, “I know that sometimes some people have a hard time setting goals, especially when…
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Every Monday
It happens every Monday morning. Every Monday is a restart of our pilgrimage. Every Monday we say, “I want this week to be different. I want to be more committed, more caring, more thoughtful, more loving, more focused, more significant,…
Devotion for normal people.
“Devote yourself to prayer,” Paul writes to the Colossians, “being watchful and thankful.” That feels like a challenge thrown out to religious people, the kind of statement that makes the rest of us say, “I could never be devoted to…
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A prayer for persistence on Monday
God, it’s Monday. You knew that. You know that lots of my friends are asking you for lots of things right now. For peace while waiting to find out about cancer. For patience while waiting to find out about a…
Experiencing Jesus in new ways
Here are some quick ways you can experience Jesus more in your daily life. (I’m no expert; this is a list of ideas for me too.) Talk to Jesus out loud when you’re walking somewhere. (No worries, people will just…
Five days a week, we talk in ordinary language about following Jesus. Prayer, the Bible, relationship, conversation, story, parables, we talk about them all. Thanks for stopping by.
