“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.“ - Jesus
The radical nature of this statement has been so thoroughly lost on those of us who claim to follow Jesus.
It doesn’t matter if we are conservative or progressive.
We tend to create reasons why we are allowed to do the opposite.
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The #OldGal with the superb solve today.
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My first lift in 93 days. The loss in strength is disappointing. The real disappointment is in my lack of commitment to the plan.
Back at it.
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The #OldGal arrived safe and sound from her trip to Baltimore yesterday and proceeded to whip me today…
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The #OldGal with a tie today. She is tough!
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Finished reading: The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman 📚
Another hilarious and entertaining read! Looking forward to Libby sending along book 4 in a few months.
Listen to the unabridged sermon here: Do You Want What Jesus Gives or Do You Want Jesus?
Some Sundays in a series like this, we get to sit for a long time in just a handful of verses. This week isn’t one of those weeks. John 5 and 6 together run nearly a hundred verses, and rather than crawl through them line by line, we’re going to take a big swing and look at three signs together: a healing at a pool, a feeding on a hillside, and Jesus walking on water in a storm. Each one asks us a question, and by the end, those three questions collapse into one question that might be the most important one we ever answer.
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The #OldGal must be having too much fun in Baltimore…
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“Letter hole…😏”
Some rounds of golf are more special than others. Ethan and I got to play nine holes with his Papa today at Cambridge Golf Course in Evansville, IN.
I am so grateful for the laughs and fun.
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The #OldGal scores a tie again today! She is supercharged by being with the Baltimore grandchildren.
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The #OldGal secured a tie today. She is about to go another run as she is in Baltimore visiting grandchildren…
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Perhaps you missed this the other day. It was adapted from my sermon this past Sunday…
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The #OldGal with the tie today.
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Listen to the unabridged sermon here: Faith My Eyes
This week we pick the story back up in John 4, as Jesus leaves Samaria and returns to his home base in Galilee. He’s just spent two days doing something no self-respecting Jewish teacher was supposed to do — hanging out with Samaritans, crossing every cultural line in the book. And when he finally gets back to Cana, the place where he turned water into wine, he doesn’t exactly get a hero’s welcome.
Last night, I went to bed after Kanley Jensen gave up a double to start the bottom of the 9th.
This morning, I wake to a Detroit Tigers victory.
It’s the small things in life people.
