Good morning! The adventure is fun but there is great joy in being home. May you experience home today. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing
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The #OldGal got a 4! Lots of #YoungPups with threes! Dominance.
Good morning! May you create time to be with those you love today. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing
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The #OldGal has yet to report on this Friday. I think that she’s going to be a tough out today! Team #YoungPups is going to have to bring it.
Good morning! May you know joy today. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing
As I look back on the three temptations, I see that Satan proposed an enticing improvement. He tempted Jesus toward the good parts of being human without the bad: to savor the taste of bread without being subject to the fixed rules of hunger and of agriculture, to confront risk with no real danger, to enjoy fame and power without the prospect of painful rejection—in short, to wear a crown but not a cross.
From: The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey 📚
As I continue to consider this, I am confronted with my own desire to wear a crown and not a cross.
I am so excited to head to St Louis by way of Indianapolis today. This weekend we get to watch our son play baseball and on our way down we get to spend the evening with a dear friend.
Life is good!
Leap Day? Sure. But I’m not leaping over the lift today!
Good morning! May your extra day be filled with it love, joy, and laughter. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing
In Jesus, God found a way of relating to human beings that did not involve fear.
From: The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey 📚
I think this might be one of the most significant and under appreciated aspects of the personhood of Jesus. If we are leveraging fear with regards to Jesus then we have missed a central piece of the gospel story.
Good morning! May you know your worth is not tied to “productivity” but your worth is inherent. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing
My first batch of emails went out via micro.blog today and they look fantastic!
This is the product I’ve been looking for. I’m grateful to the dev team for creating this space.
Does anyone even stand a chance against the Los Angeles Dodgers this season?
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey 📚
The virgin Mary, though, whose parenthood was unplanned, had a different response. She heard the angel out, pondered the repercussions, and replied, “I am the Lord’s servant. May it be to me as you have said.” Often a work of God comes with two edges, great joy and great pain, and in that matter-of-fact response Mary embraced both.
It strikes me how I often think if I’m really doing what God called me to do it will be all joy. But, it’s not. It’s both/and, great joy and great pain.
Disentangling Faith From Party Politics
Over the last number of years in the United States of America Christianity and politics have become so intertwined that in some places they are almost indistinguishable. The rise of the “Moral Majority” and the “Religious Right” have turned Christians into a voting bloc to be used. Now, the political left is even getting in on the act. Christianity bought into a bill of goods that argued that if there was support for a certain political agenda then Christianity would have greater cultural influence.