Daily observations about following Jesus
“Have you lost a few?” That’s how Scott greeted me. “Yes, a few,” I said as my eyes started to mist. I know that’s a pretty strong emotional response to someone wondering whether you’ve lost weight. For years my response to that question has been to laugh. Almost derisively. For years it’s been the sweater, […]
Read More…The second most visited post on this blog is one I wrote about Lent in 2011: 33 things to give up for Lent. All year long people have come to this post by searching for Lent. Which is interesting, since Lent is a period of forty days (plus 6 Sundays) between Ash Wednesday and Easter. […]
Read More…(This was first published February 22, 2011) “I’d like to return this Valentine’s Day card.” I can help you with that. … Um, you know that this has writing on it, right? “Yep. I wrote that.” You can’t return cards that have been used. “Two weeks ago, I was in here. I bought a sweater. […]
Read More…Kelley and Michael walked into my office. They asked a simple question about a person. I started laughing. They just looked at me. I said, “Sometime I’ll be asked a question that’s not answered with a story.” And then I spent five minutes telling them a series of stories about the person, stories that answered […]
Read More…You’ve been going through a lot. I get it. Some of it matters, some of it doesn’t. And you know that. But still, you’ve been going through a lot. And you just said, “The next person who crosses that line is going to get smacked.” What concerns me is that when you say that, when I say […]
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