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“Jesus replied by saying, ‘In the evening you say, “Good weather coming, sky’s red.” But in the morning, “Stormy weather today, sky’s red and gloomy.” You know how to read the sky but not the signs of the times’” (Matthew… Read moreRed Sky

“Listen now to this, you who sit in luxurious security saying, ‘I, I will never live as a widow nor one bereaved,’ these two things will come to you, in a moment, a day: widowhood and bereavement will fall greatly… Read moreBereaved and Widowed

“Then God opened her eyes to see a well with water, and Hagar went, filled the canteen, and gave some to the young man” (Genesis 21:19). It’s a very bad turn of events. Hagar, who as far as we can… Read moreOne Who Sees

I’d intended to take the remainder of 2024 away from here. It’d been an exhausting year by July—the loss of a dear family friend, both mothers taking bad falls, just to name two—and little did I know what the latter… Read moreReturn

“But I will not fear even though the earth trembles, and mountains tip into the midst of the sea” (Psalm 46.2). In the Mouth of Madness is a 1994 horror film written by Michael De Luca and directed by John… Read moreReality is not what it used to be

“And when we were with you, we instructed you that anyone who did not want to work should not eat” (2 Thessalonians 3.10). I worked in grocery stores through my late teens and into my early twenties. And worked in… Read moreWorking and Eating

“And he told the crowd to take a seat upon the ground. Then he took the five loaves and two fish, looked into the sky above, gave thanks, broke. He gave the bread to his disciples, and they to the… Read more…and they to the crowd

“And when the time comes you are brought before gatherings, rulers, and those in authority, don’t be anxious about what you’ll say in defense or, even, the words you speak; because, the Holy Spirit will instruct you in that very… Read moreThe Space Between

“…because he had set himself toward Jerusalem” (Luke 9.53). So, we begin again this week of remembering, and experiencing the passage of days when we know death is so very close. We see the entry into Jerusalem, dinner at Mary… Read moreToward Jerusalem (Palm Sunday 2025)

“But they didn’t say anything; because, on the way, they’d been discussing who was the greatest” (Mark 9.34). One of my co-workers had this discussion, he didn’t say how it got started, with his wife and brought it into our… Read moreChart Topping