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Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!” — John 5:8 Prepping for Sunday’s sermon, which takes place over the Memorial Day weekend, I’ve been thinking about military life and how soldiers are trained. To me, Jesus saying, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!” comes…
Read MoreYou’ve seen them on front porches, township buildings, public libraries, university hallways and maybe even in the foyer of a budget-minded restaurant. They often wear a ding or a scratch in their ripe old age from the Big Move. Some have a few blisters from recent neglect, or, as…
Read More“It is not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.” — Matthew 15:11 The mean mowers on the job of my youth were just that—mean. These beaten-up, temperamental Bad Guys were especially belligerent on super-hot summer days…
Read More“Bickering is just what we do,” the seasoned churchgoer says to the newbie who, after her first meeting on the committee, feels she just witnessed a hit and run. Only there isn’t a lot of running as the meeting ends. The one who did the damage just picks up her…
Read More“I know them, and they follow me.” — John 10:27b The church has always been under siege. Some of us want to wear rose-colored glasses and say there were better times “back then.” However, since Jesus’ birth as shared in Luke where this poor couple literally becomes a family…
Read MoreThat’s what it took. Just one second. Well, maybe even the fact that the foul happened in a second at the 145th Kentucky Derby can be debated. Maybe veteran horse jockey Luis Saez premediated the act on Maximum Security, a three-year-old bay who has only been racing since this…
Read MoreSimon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” “We’ll come, too,” [the disciples] said. So they went out in the boat, but they caught nothing all night. — John 21:3 I’ve never been whale watching. My expectations of an industrial-looking boat chugging out over the big waters to find whales are pretty…
Read MoreI’ve read of an eleven-year-old girl standing in line to receive communion this past Easter Sunday. For her upcoming birthday, she wanted jeans and a tee shirt, but that won’t be. She died in that communion line right there in her church as one of over three hundred and…
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