A blessing for Thanksgiving.

I have mixed feelings about the holiday of Thanksgiving. It’s an introvert thing probably, and having struggles with trying to live up to the expectations people bring to holidays. I’ve written about that before. Like the time my mom discouraged me from having pie after the Thanksgiving Eve service: Store-bought chocolate cream pie And a […]

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Well done.

Rich Dixon finishes a story from last week. +++ My friend Paul Hurkman is currently involved in what I believe to be a super-human act of generosity and sacrifice. As part of the Great World Race, Paul and several other folks will run seven marathons – on seven continents – in seven days. You read […]

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A reframed fast.

God spoke to the people through the prophet Isaiah in chapter 58: “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: … Is it not to share your food with the hungry    and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to clothe them,    and not to turn away from your […]

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All we.

God. I listened to Messiah the other night straight through. I mean, I listen to the recording, three records, six sides. I listen one side over and over, and then flip the record. But this is in person, with other people. People we know. Our daughter in the middle of it, on the line between […]

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A prayer for the Sunday called Reign of Christ

God- We are skeptical of kings. We are skeptical of political answers to our problems. But the truth is, we are skeptical about any answers to our problems. Some of us are skeptical about most things. We work and other people win.We pray and people we love are still sick.We love and we are misunderstood.We […]

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