The mornings are getting sunnier! I can’t wait to sit on the patio in the morning drinking coffee and reading. Soon!
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Christ is risen!
This was a challenging and hope-filled Lenten devotional. I’m grateful for the time spent considering the deep and weighty things of Scripture these last forty days.
Finished reading: Wondrous Encounters by Richard Rohr 📚
“Jesus dies “for” us not in the sense of “in place of” but “in solidarity with.”” - Richard Rohr
This struck a chord with me.
I have been thinking a lot about the crucifixion and how cheap it often feels to me. The idea of it being nothing more than a payment for services rendered, so to speak, a mere transaction, has sat less well with me over the years.
Thinking of it in terms of Jesus dying in solidarity with us, changes the perspective a bit. Particularly as I connect this back to the Christmas idea of God with us in my mind.
Jesus’ death on the cross is the ultimate display of incarnation, the divine being in the flesh. We do not typically think of the Divine suffering and dying. Yet, here is Christ suffering and dying. Here is Christ demonstrating, in solidarity with us, what it is to suffer well and to die well.
His suffering was purposeful. His death was meaningful.
God dying to God’s self and God using that death to reconcile all of creation to the Creator.
This is indeed Good.
Amy and I had an absolutely marvelous time tonight! Our neighbors, Noah and Kandice, invited us and a few other neighbors to their home for the Passover Seder. It was just beautiful on every level. So thankful!
Scored some new vinyl today. What a beautiful album not just musically but also in physical presentation.
“No child is just a child. Each is a creature in whom God intends to do something glorious and great.”
Currently reading: Run with the Horses by Eugene H. Peterson 📚
Sitting in the garage with a pipe of really nice tobacco, a book that is blowing my mind, and watching a storm roll in?
This fantastic.
In August, Amy and I are participating in something called, The Mammoth March.
You hike 20 miles in 8 hours.
Training starts now.
My daughter’s sorority, Pi Beta Phi, is raising money for the Spartan Strong Fund. If you’ve wondered how you could help after the shooting at MSU, this is a tangible way to do so.
A cold day at the ball field, wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.
Currently reading: Deep Work by Cal Newport 📚
I’m going back through this book and creating a list of questions to process. As a pastor, I feel like I need deep work and somehow maintain connection via modern digital network tools.
Curious what others think…
Fridays are leg days for me at the gym. They are always hard. They always hurt. Amy asked, “Since they always hurt, maybe you’re doing them wrong?”
“I’m pretty sure they always hurt because I’m doing them right,” I said.
What do you consider to be the ideal length for a solo #podcast with no guests? 🎙️
Pastors, what rhythm do you have for creating space for deep work and at the same time being connected and available through the digital networking tools at our disposal?