Sometimes we don’t even know

A woman brings perfume to a party. She pours it on Jesus’ head. The disciples get all upset. Jesus defends her. He says, “When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.” I wonder if she knew that’s what she was doing? It’s possible that she had paid […]

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wasting valuables

Mark and Troy and I were decorating a big Christmas tree last night. It is on the corner of the platform in the gym at church. It is a tall tree. As I was handing the lights to Mark who was handing them to Troy, I said “I still have to write tonight.” “I’ll bet […]

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the plot thickens and congeals.

We’re going back to Matthew. We spent some time on giving thanks, and that was good, but we’re going back to Matthew. We talked about parts of Holy Week back in April, but we’re going back to Matthew. It’s the first of December and the beginning of Advent, but we’re going back to Matthew. Matthew […]

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