Daily observations about following Jesus
First published January 25, 2010. Andrew spent a day with Jesus. He had been a follower of John (the baptizing one). He was looking for something spiritual. He was looking for someone that would be the one, the answer, the Messiah. And after spending a day with Jesus, Andrew went looking for his brother and […]
Read More…First published January 22, 2010. Three men sat talking. Another man walked by. “That’s the one I was talking about,” says one of the three. The other two start walking after the passing man. He turns. “What do you want?” he asks. Their first word, “rabbi”, says everything. A rabbi was a teacher. Rather than […]
Read More…Invite. It’s the second of my three words this year. (The first is Kingdom). For several years, I’ve talked about the difference between inviting and announcing. In church settings, as in other group settings, there are announcements. We tell people about events that are coming. And then we get frustrated when they don’t come. I […]
Read More…I was trying to answer the Lent question. My friend said, “Describe the feeling that people are experiencing that observing Lent could help with.” I wrote, “You feel frustrated with faltering again on goals and resolutions.” And I laughed. The truth is that many of us describe our failures. We started the year with a […]
Read More…I published “Lent for non-Lent people” two years ago. It’s a collection of short reflections to be read, one per day, during the seven weeks before Easter, starting on “Ash Wednesday” (February 10). I asked a friend to help me sell the book this year. She said, “Can you describe the feeling that people are […]
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300 words a day 