Do Not Hinder Them

August 11, 2024
My phone buzzes at odd, unpredictable hours, especially around the big holidays: amber alerts—child abductions.  Often at those times of the year, it seems one parent is taking a child…
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God is What Children Know

August 4, 2024
There’s just enough distance between Jesus and his followers as they walk along that, though their words aren’t distinct to him, Jesus can tell they’re arguing.  The church continues to…
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Pure

July 30, 2023
Oh, be careful, little eyes, what you see, little ears, what you hear.  Oh, be careful, little tongue, what you say, little hands, what you do.  Oh, be careful, little…
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Not Our Power

September 18, 2022
It doesn’t exactly feel as if my demons have submitted yet, but maybe they just want me to think they haven’t.  The truth is they’re done.  They’ve lost.  They aren’t…
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Anyone besides me hesitant to start a conversation about Jesus, hesitant to share your faith?  We don’t want to offend anybody.  Society and culture tell us religion is private, and…
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Jesus Is Blessing

October 3, 2021
Just before what I read, the Pharisees, hoping somehow to trap Jesus, bring up the matter of divorce.  Because he’s asked, Jesus gives his teaching.  Divorce has been around almost…
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All Glory, Laud and Honor          Christians have been singing “All Glory, Laud and Honor” since 1861.  The words, though, go back to the ninth century, the 800s, to a period…
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