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It would be just like him

The God of the Bible looks like Jesus, the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being. It would be just like him to go to the cross.

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Practicing Our Scales

Imagine if our walk with Christ, representing his kingdom in the world, were as practiced and pure as Hania Rani’s fingers on the piano keys.

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Rescue

I practice the spiritual discipline of rescuing earthworms on paved surfaces. It's a reminder to me that I can pause what I'm doing, get a little dirty, and help. Also, that I've been given the responsibility to care.

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Your Roots Are Showing

The life that I bring to the world can only be found in my attachment to Christ. His presence with me is essential.

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Connection

I live in a U.S. county with traffic problems. It's a peninsula, and what's not swamp land has been developed. Building new roads is difficult and expensive. Making things worse, roads that could connect don't.

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What's in the Bowl?

During a spring trip, my wife and I purchased a glass bowl. It's colorful and handmade. When I turn the bowl upside down, nothing falls out. Does that make it empty?

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Living Living

With Me

“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters." — Luke 11:23

Religion has its own swift current. Routinely, I need to paddle into a quiet eddy and reflect: How is my relationship with the Christ of Christianity? Are my aims consistent with his? Am I gathering with him, to him?

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Taken By Surprise

Today I had the amazing privilege of baptizing one of my nephews. He's always been a young man I've been proud of. But many wonderful people don't claim to follow Jesus. Part of his story is that he didn't grow up in church and was never very interested in church. So I was surprised to hear him share a testimony that was as genuine and compelling as I've ever heard.

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But Then

Let the one who is wise heed these things
and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord. ⏤ Psalm 107:43

I love this psalm. How many different ways can we find ourselves in trouble? Desperate. And God meets us in all of them. His love can be found. Wise people look for it and dwell on it. Then, maybe they write psalms to tell others.

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