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God. We do not like to wait. We do not like to wait in line. To wait for answers. To wait for medicine to work, to wait for the end to come, to wait for the beginning to start.Which means that we do not like to be where we are most of the time.We do […]

A few months ago, I wrote about nudges, the tiny thoughts that come to us. Nancy and I decided to go to that one last thrift shop. I happened to look at the shelf of books. I discovered several volumes of a commentary series I use. Including one I needed a couple days later. It […]

On Monday, I talked about the way Jesus told his disciples to love each other. On Tuesday, I talked about how this meant that extrovert Peter and reflective Nathaniel were told to love each other. Simon the Zealot and Matthew the civil servant were told to love each other. Thomas the loyal pragmatist and John, […]

Rich Dixon is writing about interdependence. +++ Cycling in groups often involves “drafting,” riding closely behind another rider. When done correctly, the following rider can save as much as 30% of their energy. However, drafting can also be risky. Our FREEDOM TOUR 2018 team talked about this important relationship. We read Matthew 5:13-16, focusing on […]

We think of this command of Jesus to love one another, I think, as going out and loving everyone, loving the whole world, loving the unlovely. And we have these big sermons about loving. But Jesus was sitting in a room with 11 guys around a table. They all knew each other. They were annoyed […]