Pastors, let us remember that the grift from the right and from left are equally damaging. Both promise us large crowds by leveraging politics at the expense of grace centered faithfulness.
May we be faithful, whatever the cost.
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Currently reading: Yumi and the Nightmare Painter A Cosmere Novel by Brandon Sanderson 📚
Starting the next read. I am enjoying Sanderson so much!
That moment when you realize that you didn’t turn on the mic for your last recording and got a cruddy phone recording instead.
Also? That moment when you realize you need to be sure to do post production on your audio recording.
Pastor life is not always what I thought it would be. 😅
The defense being played by Team USA in the WBC is unreal.
These guys are laying out for everything.
Goodness. ⚾️
Finished reading: The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson 📚
Another fun read from Sanderson. It’s not a Cosmere novel. It’s lighthearted and has a bit of a Terry Pratchett feel to it. I really enjoyed it!
I am very excited about this addition to the micro.blog suite! The potential is pretty great.
Inkwell the RSS app from Micro.blog
Great work, @manton@manton.org
I am preparing to preach Amos after Easter. I’ve never more excited or intimidated to preach a text.
Amy and I are enjoying our brief get away to Iowa City to spend some time with Ethan. We hiked Indiana State Dunes yesterday and Lake MacBride North Shore today.
I’ve preached the Parable of the Sower more times than I can count.
Turns out I’d been getting it wrong. 😬
Oh man, @manton, I am loving Inkwell!
Psalm 120 really speaks today.
I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.
Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.
What will he do to you, and what more besides, you deceitful tongue?
He will punish you with a warrior’s sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom bush.
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.
I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
Did you know that as an adult you can choose to have breakfast food for any meal of the day?
Wild right?!
#TIL
I am not an expert on politics. I am not an expert on war.
I think I may have developed an expertise over my years and training in the areas of Bible and theology.
As I have read the arguments on behalf of this military action, it does not appear to rise to meeting the requirements of a just war.
Beyond that, I do not think this falls in line with the peacemaking ethic of Matthew 5.
As a pastor, I cannot in good faith support this military action.
I am praying for a quick resolution, for the protection of civilians, for the protection of troops, and for peace to be restored. I am praying that wisdom and discernment rule the day.
I am preaching the parable of the sower Sunday. I am wrestling with how to avoid the moralistic, “you control the soil of your heart.”
This is the message that I’ve heard communicated over and over.
That’s too easy and I think misses the point of the beauty of what the sower is doing.
Being able to sit on the patio feeling the sun on your face and not be freezing is joy giving. I’m feeling my tank being re-filled moment by moment!