If I am not mindful, my intense desire for justice sours all goodness. Hatred is kindled, and more often than not, emotions and sharp words cast off Christ in my exchanges.
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Reprieve
My daughter and I were arguing before I snapped this photo. It was a signal to surrender (my words, not my parenting decision). My husband often tells me I say too much in conflict with my teen. Once is enough, and I don’t need to explain myself. But I can’t resist the need to makeContinue reading “Reprieve”
Who do they say that I am?
“Note that he is not asking them their own opinion. Rather, he asks the opinion of the people. Why? In order to contrast the opinion of the people with the disciples answer to the question “But who do you say that I am?” In this way, by the manner of his inquiry, they might beContinue reading “Who do they say that I am?”
True Worship
Yesterday, I sat in church for the first time. Not really. But if a worship service is truly about worshipping God, then it might have been a time of only few for me. Over the past forty + years, somewhere along this Christian walk, I have made my experience of church about me. My lensContinue reading “True Worship”
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