“Manna” means, “What is this?” The first manna recipients wondered what it was and how it got there, since it appeared everyday but the Sabbath and satisfied their hunger till the next delivery from the sky. My wonders have come in a similarly inexplicable way— only enough for the day, never enough to be stockpiled …
A Pinprick in the Bleak
"Hope is a revolutionary patience… Hope begins in the dark, knowing that the dawn will come." Anne Lamott No clock or calendar can tell whether we’re at the beginning, the middle, or near the end of any bleak experience. Unlike the obsidian darkness, which arrived all at once, after six months or so the light …
Joy Returns
I hadn’t felt what I would even loosely call “joy” since entering the tunnel, and I wasn’t ready to run up any happy banners quite yet. Life at that point was too dark for joy. Joy was like a distant relative I hadn’t seen since childhood. People who live in the extreme hemispheres don’t see …
Acquiring A Quiet Soul (Part 2 of 3)
My heart is not proud, O Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, put your hope …
James on Justice (An Appeal for Classless Christianity) James 2:8-26
We’re doing a commentary through the book of James with an emphasis on justice and the kind of Christianity that treats people equally––a “Classless Christianity.” I put some of the highlights here in the blog to pique your interest enough to check out my brief audio teaching on these key verses. Classism is when those …
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