Stories about Jesus.

I’ll be out of the country from March 1-14. I could let 300 go quiet, I could use reruns. But I thought it might be interesting to have other voices during that time. I decided to write to a handful of people who I respect and who might be interested in having guest posts at […]

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Slippery roads and following Jesus.

First published February 6, 2014 Like some of you, we’ve had an unusual amount of snowfall. We’ve had an unusual amount of driving on snowy or icy roads. Like some of you, we don’t own a four-wheel drive vehicle. As a result, we’ve spent much of the driving time traveling slower than the posted speed. […]

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Supper guests.

It’s hard to be original around Easter. Everything has been said and is being said and will be said, in thousands of sermons and blogposts, books and status updates. I’ve even said some of it myself, in a Lent book, in five years of posting here. But maybe novelty isn’t the point of Easter. Maybe […]

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Father and Son Redemption Company

First published March 16, 2010 There is a building. There’s a sign on the door:  Father and Son Redemption Company. Everyone knows it’s an important company. No one knows, exactly, what’s happening behind the doors. Things have been pretty quiet in there for the past 400 years. No one in, no one out through the […]

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Planning for leftovers.

A person has some loaves of bread. A teacher says to hand them out to a crowd. A follower says that there is now way there will be enough food for everyone. The teacher says to pass out the bread. Everyone is fed. There are leftovers.  That’s a story that sound familiar to many people. They start to fill […]

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