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One place I worked had a copy machine that made copies. It didn’t sort. It didn’t duplex. It made copies. And we made a lot of copies. We put together books for people taking classes. We spent a lot of time making copies and putting the books together. One day we got a new copier. […]

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Cranking and Honest Talking

Rich Dixon is back. +++ I’m going to do something a bit different and respond to one of Jon’s posts. It’s the story of Martha and Mary. More accurately, the story of Martha getting upset because she didn’t think Mary was doing her share. And she wanted Jesus to notice. I think I’ve told you […]

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Bread, please.

Buried in the middle of the prayer is a simple daily request. “Give us this day our daily bread.” It doesn’t feel like a demand. I hear it as a request, actually. There is a poignancy to it. At a time when day laborers depended on receiving their wages daily so they could buy that day’s […]

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