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“Fill my joy to the brim by being in harmony, united in love, spirit, and mind” (Philippians 2.2). Somewhere either on some streaming service or movie station, I’m going to bet that Jerry Maguire is running this month. It’s climactic… Read moreComplete

“In the daylight, the Holy One sends their kindness, and by night a song, a prayer from my living God”  (Psalm 42.8). We were watching a random one-hit wonder countdown the other night, and, afterward, Leanne took it to task… Read moreOne-Hit Wonder

“Is it nothing to all of you who pass this way? Look! See, if there’s any suffering like my suffering…” (Lamentation 1.12). The author Connie Willis, in her collection of Christmas stories, introduced me to Auden’s “For the Time Being.”… Read moreThe Time Being

My wife’s eighty-seven year old aunt passed away recently, and we, along with her brother and mother made the three hour drive to Alabama for the funeral beneath the sunny skies and bare trees of January. And amidst seventies and… Read moreAnything at all?

“From the fig tree, understand this illustration: when a branch grows tender and begins to sprout leaves, you know the summer is near” (Mark 13.28). There’s a tree right outside my office window. It’s a source of a lot of… Read moreBare

“For right now, we see through cloudy glass…” (1 Corinthians 13.12a). If you had to guess, when would you think Earth is closest to the sun? Believe it or not, our journey around the sun isn’t a perfect circle, meaning… Read morePerihelion

“And, understand, you will silent and unable to speak until this comes to be; because, you did not believe my words, which will come to being in due time” (Luke 1.20). It’s kind of funny that the story of this… Read moreAdvent 2022

“These were the instructions that the Holy One gave through Moses to the Children of Israel at Mount Sinai” (Leviticus 27.34). All the words in this dense and bewildering book of instructions were spoken at the foot of Mount Sinai…. Read moreLiving with Leviticus – In the Midst

“You must provide for the redemption of all the land you’ve inherited” (Leviticus 25.24). This sounds, to me, like a great, underused text for a stewardship sermon. Good stewardship ones are always about…well, about being stewards, which means “your” wealth… Read moreLiving with Leviticus – Stewarding

“You will consecrate that year, the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in all the land and to everyone who dwells in it. A Jubilee year it will be for you, and you will return everyone’s possessions. And everyone will return… Read moreLiving with Leviticus – Imagine