Be extravagant

Some dear friends recently blessed us in an extraordinary way. They lived out the story of Mary putting expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet. John 12:3: “Then Mary took a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from essence of nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet with it, wiping his feet with her hair. The house was […]

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Read like you read.

I almost started to write “a couple weeks ago” when I realized that it was six weeks ago that I asked you to talk about how you read the Bible. There were lots of comments, both here and in emails. I’ve been lax in replying. I’ve been busy, yes, but I haven’t figured out how to […]

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A well-written collection of well-written books.

I know that I’m supposed to bring you finished thoughts. But I’m in the middle of so many partial thoughts that I need to go with those.  For example, I have this sense right now that the Bible is way more well written than I ever realized. I know. For some of you, since it’s […]

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Why we have interns

The church where I work regularly has interns from the local high school The school sees value in allowing students to experience careers and jobs they may pursue. And since there are students who may work with writing or media or youth or children or music, we’re a popular internship site, particularly for people who […]

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four sons.

I started writing this post. I was going to retell a story that Jesus told about a man with two sons. The man asked one son to do something. The son said “No”, and later changed his mind and did what his dad requested. The man asked the other son to do the same thing. […]

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