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Category Archives: sabbath
Rest. Pray. Talk.
Three teenage young men are excitedly discussing music videos and life in the next room. I’m glad for the extreme enthusiasm flowing through the doorway. Sometimes I am a tired parent. That youthful enthusiasm rises to the surface fewer times … Continue reading
pages, dogs, sabbath and slack.
If you read this blog by Mailchimp email, you didn’t get anything from me on Thursday. You are getting two posts today. It wasn’t that I didn’t write anything for Thursday morning. It’s that, with more than 2000 posts written … Continue reading
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Burdens and breakfast.
It was Saturday. The disciples were tired and hungry. They followed Jesus, sleeping wherever, eating wherever. On this day they were hungry. They were walking on a path leading through a field. The grain was ripe. The disciples picked some, … Continue reading
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The more I feed your ego, the more I starve your soul
I wrote that in my journal Tuesday afternoon. I was sitting on a sofa, looking at the piles of work on my heart. It’s buried among a bunch notes and lists and descriptions and projects. But here’s what I think … Continue reading
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Time off
I took a few days off from 300wordsaday awhile back. I called it a sabbatical. It was actually a break for you and for me. I was traveling during many of those days to a variety of events, and I … Continue reading
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Back from vacation
What, exactly, are you supposed to do on vacation? I mean, how do you know if it was successful? What’s the measure of a good vacation? What does Jesus say about vacation? As far as I know, nothing. However, in … Continue reading
Weakened
Or should it say weekend? Some of us get to Saturday morning, full of energy, full of projects, full of passion to “get something done.” The rest of us get to Saturday morning dragging. We have been busy all week. … Continue reading
what God did not call you to.
Lots of people are wondering what God is calling them to do. And that is a good question. But on the way to the answer, we fill in many answers. So let me suggest some of the things that God … Continue reading
