Daily observations about following Jesus
The woman’s daughter was sick. Demon-sick. That’s sick. She, like any mother in that situation, was willing to consider anything and anyone. Even if it meant a foreigner. Jesus was heading out of town, taking some time to get away from the constant Pharisaical scrutiny. He headed to the Mediterranean coast, north of Israel. And […]
Read More…I don’t like sides. I don’t like having to decide which team to be on. I don’t like being forced to be with one group or the other. That’s why I want to avoid Matthew 13: 11-17. Because I am working our way through Matthew, writing 300 words a day about following Jesus, I consider […]
Read More…John wondered about Jesus. The John known as John the Baptist. Jesus had two things to say, one to John’s followers and one to Jesus’ followers. To John’s followers, the ones who were bringing the question from John who was in jail, Jesus simply said, “Go and tell John what you see and hear.” The […]
Read More…I was driving to a church. A family was inside. And a casket. And the body of a young woman. And her three children. And her husband of ten years. I was crying. I hadn’t cried much for a few days, since Saturday night when we heard she died. I mean, I had some, but […]
Read More…Two blind guys knew Jesus healed blind guys. They followed him. They called to him, “have mercy on us.” We don’t know how far the followed him. We don’t know where they started following him. We know that they were with him after he left the house of the formerly dead daughter. Whether they had […]
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300 words a day 