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“Lord,” he said, “I want to see.”— Luke 18:40c Pray to God, “I want to see.” Know what will happen? You will see! Maybe you’ll see a solution to a problem you have. Maybe you’ll see poverty differently. Maybe you’ll find a remnant of your racism. (We all have remnants…
Read MoreWe have prayed the following prayers. Let the child with cancer live. Let the altruistic saint who lives down the street continue her non-profit ministry unscathed. Let the war-torn nation (or neighborhood) live in peace. It is far beyond painful when these prayers don’t actualize. Since you began…
Read MoreOnce Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” — Luke 11:1 Wonder with me how John taught his disciples how to pray. When most of us…
Read MoreLife hurts. Loss lingers. Fear speaks. During these times, each of us has prayed, “Help me!” Whether we locate ourselves as believers in God or not believers in God (or somewhere in between), we have all prayed for help in the a nearly silent sigh or at the top…
Read MoreAs Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. — Luke 10:38, NLT We’ve all heard this invitation. “You’ll stay, won’t you?” Sometimes we have other plans and the invitation catches…
Read MoreTesting Jesus? What? Never! Deuteronomy 6:16 makes this clear: we are not to put the Lord, our God, to the test. Then this past Sunday’s sermon rolled along. Now I think differently. I raised then what I raise now. What if we do test Jesus, or at least we…
Read MoreOne day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” — Luke 10:25 It’s likely the religious expert is the bad guy here. Or is he? It’s a well-documented fact that religious experts such…
Read MoreThere is no victory when someone loses. Some have lost. I have clergy colleagues who publicly identify as being either left or right. They preach left or right as if their personal location is something they have a right to use from the pulpit. You may be fine…
Read MoreSo Christ has truly set us free. — Galatians 5:1a We celebrate with food and fireworks on and around the Fourth when I wish we’d celebrate who truly gave us freedom—and that’s Jesus Christ, Son of God. With a focus on swimming pools and celebrations, we find ourselves blinding (or…
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