Daily observations about following Jesus
I had failed deeply. When gathering up Ben’s things after a sleepover, I put Pillow in the Aldi bag. And Letters the bear and Santa Penguin and the water bottle. And the little green stuffed whatever. When his dad came (“Hi Dada”), I remembered the other bag. And Piggy One and the leftovers. We waved […]
Read More…Read out loud. We’ve been working on Mark 9:33-50 a bit at a time. Sometime soon, read the whole text out loud. It’s how it would have been heard by the disciples when Jesus was first talking. It’s how Peter would have told it to Mark. It’s how people would have heard the Gospel read […]
Read More…For three weeks, we’ve been looking at the same text from Mark 9. You’ve seen seven posts, spread among all the things each of you reads or listens to. I’ve written those posts, spread among all the things I read. And, for both of us, that’s been 2000 words in all the living we’ve done […]
Read More…Jesus tells John and the rest of the disciples, “Whoever isn’t against us is for us.” And then he goes on with practical examples. If someone gives you a cup of water on a hot day specifically because you are following me, drink it with gratitude. And whisper a blessing instead of wasting your time […]
Read More…I was going to call this “Jesus in the family room” but it’s more like Jesus in the courtyard in the center of the house. Small rooms around the sides for sleeping or privacy, and an open-concept space for cooking, eating, gathering, living. It was private as in “away from the crowds.” But not away […]
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