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Tomorrow afternoon I will lead a ten-minute memorial service at the local supermarket for the fellow employees of a grocery clerk who died alone in his home a couple weeks ago. As far as we know there are no surviving … Continue reading →

Today I write to you in appreciation of a very stellar person in my life. She has consistently believed in me from the time we first met until now. She has believed in me against all odds, when I have … Continue reading →

It’s a game. It’s impossible to avoid because we are all wired to play it. It’s the comparison game. It’s based on the belief that there will always be those who are worse sinners than we are. (By whose ruling? … Continue reading →

The gospel always calls us to do more than just choose sides. There are so many issues dividing our country right now—abortion, gay marriage, capital punishment, gun control, universal health insurance, taxes—and in Washington, our legislators are pretty much divided … Continue reading →

I am an expert at doing what I want to do. My mind is trained at choosing a path that will step around discomfort and instead, take me from one little comfort to another. But that’s what I want. It’s … Continue reading →

“For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work … Continue reading →

“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” (John 12:24) I’m thinking this morning about that seed that … Continue reading →

“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” (John 12:24)

“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” (John 12:24) At least in spiritual terms, death is a … Continue reading →

“Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” (John 12:24) The greatest hindrance to our spiritual growth and … Continue reading →