(This originally appeared April 7, 2009, On Monday of Holy Week, Jesus spent much of the day in the temple courts telling stories. He talked about two sons. One said he wouldn’t go do the chores, and then went out and took care of them. The other said that he would do exactly as asked, […]

Recently,  I noticed TV shows starting in the middle. One of the stars is in trouble. When we’ve seen a couple minutes, enough to know that things are awful, we see a subtitle saying “48 hours earlier.” If it happened once, I wouldn’t have noticed. I saw it three times in a week. My guess? […]

(This is a repost from April 9, 2009. I thought it might be helpful for the coming week.) I struggle with remembering where things are in the Bible. I struggle with remembering details of stories. I remember ideas and images in sweeping references. I’m not alone. Some days, it’s helpful to review, to go back […]

(This is a repost from May 14, 2009) “Every day, asking God for guidance, say yes to something.” Often, when we think about disciple, we think about discipline. When we think about discipline we think about scolding. When we think about discipline, we think about pain. When we think about discipline, we think about saying […]