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God. Everyone in the story is dead. Abraham. Isaac. Jacob. Joseph. Moses. Aaron. And countless kings who support and opposed them. And countless women, unnamed here, but mentioned elsewhere. Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Rachel, Leah, Shiphrah, Puah, Miriam, Zipporah. All of them lived and died. Worried and wondered and worked. And heard from you. When the […]

Reflections on the costs of following Jesus and on the true cost of asking God for what we want

Thrifting is what Nancy and I do for fun. Seldom antiques, mostly just stuff. The other day, in a store we frequent, I asked if the vinyl records were gone. “No,” the staff member said. “They’ve been moved. But would you like to see the new ones someone just brought in? Like 100 or so?” I agreed. […]

Rich Dixon invites us to join him in thinking about helping.  +++ I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the homeless guys I wrote about last time. I still don’t know what Jesus would have done, or what I should have done, when I encountered them. They were maybe 20-30 yards off the trail, and it’s not […]

I woke up early, aware of chaos out there. The psalmist said “Don’t fret.” I woke up tired from two long days, aware of the chaos out there. The psalmist said, “Don’t fret.” I woke up early, anticipating a very long day of scheduled activities, aware of the chaos out there. The psalmist said, “Don’t […]