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I don’t believe God loves me if…
“You know God loves you, don’t you Kevin?” Why is it that such a basic, underlying truth seems to catch us off guard, as if we have never heard it before? After reading yesterday’s Catch, Kevin remembered Mrs. Goodrich, a … Continue reading
Beginnings
We remember when the Beatles first crossed the ocean, and when the Beach Boys started surf music. We sock-hopped to Chubby Checker and slow-danced to “Theme from a Summer Place.” We know all about bobby socks, cruising, the twist, pompadours … Continue reading
The price of free thinking
There is a serious tension between how to think and what to think. Lois wrote us after reading yesterday’s Catch, “As a Christian and an educator, I know how you felt, John. It is heartwarming to find young people who … Continue reading
‘Cogito ergo sum’
I ran into Chandler the other day at the Koffee Klatch — the local coffee hangout in town where I often go to write. Only this wasn’t our Chandler; it was another Chandler; actually the only other Chandler I’ve met … Continue reading
The kingdom of God
One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, “When will the Kingdom of God come?” Jesus replied, “The Kingdom of God can’t be detected by visible signs. You won’t be able to say, ‘Here it is!’ or ‘It’s over there!’ For the … Continue reading
The Gospel According to You
We’ve got so many of these — the Gospel According to Peanuts, The Simpsons, Biff, Mary Magdalene, and of course, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. But of all of them, aside from the actual Gospels in the scriptures, the greatest … Continue reading
Living in the lowlands
“Here’s to fragility and recognizing the treasure that can be found living in the lowlands in the place where faith and doubt, courage and fear, surrender and struggle, bravery and timidity and belief and unbelief happily intermingle and coexist quite … Continue reading
The dark and lonely closet of regret
No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God. Luke 9:32 When you begin to step out into your dynamic future (see yesterday’s Catch), regret becomes something tied … Continue reading
Don’t let your past control your future
I learned something very important yesterday. It’s one of those commonsense realities that when you hear it, it seems so obvious you wonder why you haven’t thought about it before. In fact, when you hear it, you think, “Big deal; … Continue reading
We are all together
Over the years I have had the incredible privilege of traveling and sharing the ministry with so many different people in different environments representing different systems of belief and traditions of faith, and the overwhelming conclusion I have come away … Continue reading
John Fischer The Catch 