Tag: Jesus Christ
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Location, Location, Location
My dogs kept waking me up the other night. Maybe God appointed them to the task, because a fruitful time of reading and prayer ensued. What resulted was a stream of Biblical consciousness on Facebook. It started with awareness that Jesus washed his followers’ feet while knowing that the Father had given all things into […]
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Was 9/11 the Last Sign of “Christian America”?
The arguments fly back and forth about America as a “Christian nation.” On the right, it is an imagining of the past: an appeal for return to a once muscular moral order that, in the model of the Bible’s Book of Deuteronomy, brought national prosperity as the reward for obedience to standards revealed by God. […]
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Office Hours?
The death of the Queen? Everybody’s covered that. 9/11? I’m working on some thoughts so maybe next time. Sooooo… Working at a Catholic hospital, there are some overtly Christian opportunities. Writing devotional pieces for employee email lists is one. This past weekend, one of mine showed up, so I share it with you here. Hope […]
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Christmas in September
Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. (Luke 13:24) I work on Sundays and can’t get to services, but I do listen to recorded sermons when I’m able. I’ve been blessed by preachers opening up these hard verses. “Agonizing” to enter through […]
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So Alive
I’m so alive in this self imposed tomb. God asks me to die a little so that I can live a lot more.
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Have A Look
Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Matthew 6:26 “Look,” says the Lord. OK, this morning I got around to one of those acts of obedience that score points to bank […]
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Shhhhh…
Then Jesus said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” And Peteranswered, “The Christ of God.” And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one… (Luke 9:20-21) Does his hush-hush to his original apostles extend to his followers today? Should we be mum about the Messiah? No and […]
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The Faux Flood
The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. (Revelation 12:15) Over coffee (and a river of that sacred morning brew was necessary to read and discuss symbol dense Revelation 12 with church friends), I noticed that this particular flood is an example […]
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Still Standing
Studying Revelation 5 with some pals at breakfast, I tried to illustrate my strongest impression of the chapter with some handy tabletop items. I think you had to be there… in this post I’ll try to recreate it. You’ll get none of the spontaneity and discussion, but all of the theological mediocrity (but hopefully not […]
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