Daily observations about following Jesus
Jesus told the disciples that he was going to come back to life. They were filled with grief. Isn’t it peculiar how looking at a portion of a text can create a false impression? What the text in Matthew 17 actually says is, “When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, “The Son […]
Read More…Lots of people are wondering what God is calling them to do. And that is a good question. But on the way to the answer, we fill in many answers. So let me suggest some of the things that God did not call you to. You are not called to be me. You are not […]
Read More…“How come Jesus told people not to talk about how he healed them?” That’s a great question. It’s a question that someone asked me recently. It’s a question that I’ve wondered about and have made up answers to and have never really looked at. Until just now. It wasn’t because I was actually doing the […]
Read More…We know how the story turned out. We know that there was a resurrection. We know that hope was realized, that everything turned out great. We know that Sunday made up for Friday. But on the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, on the first of those Saturdays, on the one that happened before […]
Read More…Twice in two days I’ve gotten stuck. Twice in two days I’ve been in conversations and not known what to say. Twice in two days I’ve been talking with people who came looking for money because of troubles. They come, of course, to a church because churches are where you go when you need money, […]
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