Daily observations about following Jesus
Commit your life to something. Could be anything. It’s more fun if it’s something that matters. Or someone. Learn about it. Or them. I mean learn. Details, subtleties. Favorite time of day. Batting average. History of the development of the scholarship. Not because it’s impressive, just because you love to know. Conform your life to it. Change […]
Read More…When Jesus started making disciples, he invited two of the first five to the place he was staying. They spent a long time talking. And then they spent three years on the road together. When Aquila and Priscilla wanted to help Apollos learn what following Jesus really meant, they invited him home. When Paul was […]
Read More…My mom has a disease that gradually sucks your mind away. It often helps you remember stories from the past, then disables the counter that keeps track of telling stories. I’m intrigued by the stories mom finds important to tell me each time I visit and often when we talk on the phone. She talks […]
Read More…Jesus would take into account that everything he wrote would be read by a wide range of audiences. Jesus would tell stories that had clear meanings, meanings that were intentionally divisive, meanings that were hope to some readers and a dagger to others. Jesus would leave some comments unanswered. Jesus wouldn’t try to persuade. Jesus […]
Read More…We all have stories. We have some stories in common. Sometimes, we don’t know what they really mean until someone shows us the thread running through our individual stories and our cultural stories. On the day Jesus came back to life, he started walking down the road with a couple of his former followers. It’s […]
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