Why does Jesus do the miracle of turning water into wine? Could it be something more than just to keep the party going? Check out the latest post: Jesus in Conversation - His Mom

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The #OldGal also popped a four today! Any #YoungPups floating around with a 3? Her three streak finally broke.

Good morning! The sun shines as a reminder that there is hope. #MorningMug #Discipline2025

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The #OldGal continues her streak of 3s today.

Good morning! May you become more aware of your personal blind spots so as to love well. #MorningMug #discipline2025

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The #OldGal with back to back 3s! 😲

May you connect in community today. #MorningMug #Discipline2025

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The #OldGal posted a 3. She’s baaaaaaack!

Good morning! May your day be restful. #MorningMug #Discipline2025

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The #OldGal dropped her streak again. 🫣

Valentine’s Day at a ball field. Life doesn’t get much better!

21°, sunny and no wind.

Good morning! May you know that mercy is made new every day. #MorningMug #Discipline2025

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Once again, Bonhoeffer challenges us in a timely way.

Entirely too many of my colleagues are not submitting themselves to the way of the cross but to their own passions.

Oh that I (we) would learn this lesson well.

One way to love well is to develop healthy boundaries that free you to bond with others as equals, knowing that inherent in all people is both good and bad.

The most subversive things we can do in these times is love without condition, correct error with truth in grace, and acknowledge our own blind spots with humility.

Fermenting hate, denigrating the humanity of other people, and withholding mercy makes one the very thing they are opposed to.

We can do better.

I know we can.

I have seen it.

I can do better.

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The #OldGal posted a 4 today as well. Any 3s out there?

Good morning! May you choose to be kind today. #MorningMug #Discipline2025

Sometimes when you’re working on sermon you get a bit overwhelmed by the text. I am going to teach Micah over the next three weeks and woof. It’s punching me in the gut.

This Sunday at Peace Presbyterian Church in Flint at 10:45 am and at The Acts 13 Network in Ypsilanti at 530 pm we will begin a three week exploration of the prophet, Micah. His message of doom and hope is timely for us today.

If you’ve been looking for a faith community in Ypsilanti or Flint, I hope you will join us.

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I am staring at my to do list and I have no interest in it whatsoever. I am just going to start at the top.

Here…

We…

Go…

Oh my! This new Micro Social app for Micro.blog is gorgeous.

Good morning! May your to-do list shrink today. #MorningMug #Discipline2025

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The #OldGal also scored a 4 today. Any #YoungPups with a birdie?

People of a certain age all have some shared television experiences. First, when we were sick and home from school we would watch The Price is Right. Second, when we stayed up late watching something on TV we would inevitably see something called an “infomercial.” Read the rest…

The first season of this podcast was very helpful for me to think through biases. It really challenged me to think through the way I thought about “those people.”

In our current cultural moment, perhaps you will find this helpful as well.

Learning to See with Brian McLaren