Daily observations about following Jesus
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 […]
Read More…David was pretty far from perfect. 2 Samuel 11-12 is the account of a very rough patch for him. David was relaxing when he should have been leading his nation. During a hazy warm afternoon after a nap, he saw a beautiful woman and had to have her. He killed her husband Uriah so that […]
Read More…January 22, Hope, Nancy and I went to hear Donald Miller for the first time. We know him well, as well as you can know someone from the books he’s written, and the posts and the tweets. But we hadn’t heard him. Nancy and I drove the two hours to Mishawaka, Indiana, picked up Hope […]
Read More…Hope and I drove past a bunch of trees. I say “bunch” because we weren’t at first sure whether it was woods or grove, planted by wind and animal seedfall or by someone with a future eye. It was the latter. Someone drew lines, dug holes, placed saplings, tended. They weren’t pine trees, the usual suspects for […]
Read More…We struggle with goals. We read that telling people your goals is dangerous. It can give you the buzz of affirmation without having to do the hard work. Having goals is fine. But keep them to yourself. But this isn’t a story about goals. This is about a walk captured in the Bible, but never […]
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