Daily observations about following Jesus
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, […]
Read More…“Store up treasure in heaven.” That’s what Jesus tells us. Don’t spend your energy on stuff that gets eaten up by financial declines so that you panic about how much less you are worth this week than last week. Because, of course, if your measure of your worth is in your portfolio and your portfolio […]
Read More…Don’t you love the difference the choice between two words can make? One word makes things optional. One word makes them expected. One word makes you think about the perhaps. One word makes you think about the procedure. One word is about whether. One word is about how. One word is “if”. One word is […]
Read More…“You aren’t going to leave me, are you?” When you are getting to know someone too good to be true, you have questions. You acknowledge their greatness. You ask them for help. You acknowledge your weakness. Then, after all that, as you are starting to relax a bit, you are suddenly seized with fear. What […]
Read More…Sometimes context doesn’t matter. Things seem clear by themselves. At face value. Like a request for bread. What could be more simple? “Give me food today. (Please).” For the people hearing this prayer for the first time, the request was only partly about the future or about today. It had everything to do with the […]
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300 words a day 