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The dreaded middle strikes again
The Bible has lots to say about beginnings and endings–not so much about middles.
Etch a Sketch New Year
2020 took a lot from you. That’s true. It also gave.
He who calls you is faithful (even when you aren’t)
Like most people, I wrestle with my Calling. The capital-C sort that God gives you before you’re born. I’ve been fortunate enough to hear what my Call is, but contrary to what I believed before I knew, knowing hasn’t actually made anything easier. In some ways, knowing makes it harder. Because when you know your …
Fruit whackin’
Have you noticed how when you ask God to give you more of some good character trait that you almost immediately run out of it? There’s nothing quite like praying for patience to conjure a traffic jam, for example. Ever wonder why? Personally, I always assumed it’s because if we want a new skill, we …
Holy jeans
These are my actual jeans. Notice anything odd about them? (Hint: It’s the knees.) I acquired these pants at different times, and I’ve worn them in steady rotation over the last four years, but when I bought them, none of them had holes or weird dye jobs (a fashion plate, I’m not). I earned these …
Never not in His presence
Where do you encounter the presence of God? At church? In worship? In prayer? What about while you’re cooking? Or exercising? In line at the store? God is not separate from your daily life. He’s not hiding or absent or locked in a building you visit once a week. He’s WITH YOU. All the time. …
Only one God split the sea
As Moses led Israel out of Egypt, he was praying constantly, fully dependent on God to walk an entire nation out of slavery fast enough to avoid being slaughtered by the furious army chasing them. Moses sure didn’t have the power to do it, what with that pesky sea in the way. The Egyptians must …
You’re not a special snowflake
Turns out you’re not a special snowflake. You’re actually BETTER.No two snowflakes are alike, their individual crystals formed by variations in salt content, wind patterns, and temperature changes to create the roughly ONE SEPTILLION snowflakes that fall on Earth each year. That’s 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 works of art you need a microscope to see.And yet they melt …