Wordle 1,140 6/6*

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The #OldGal crushed me today with a 4. Ouch.


Keyword | 6 guesses | 0:20 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Perfect score!

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Finally! This week has been rough on Keyword.


Good morning! May you do good in all the places you can today.


#Wordle 1,139 3/6*

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The #OldGal exclaimed, “That was a shot in the dark!” Then sent along her score of a 3!


Keyword | 8 guesses | 0:52 1️⃣2️⃣1️⃣1️⃣2️⃣1️⃣

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There’s always tomorrow…


Good morning! May you do good in all the places you can today.


In light of all the conversation surrounding the Opening Ceremony, I would like to open a space to discuss a book, Plowing in Hope by Hegeman.

It’s short. It’s very accessible.

I’m thinking a Zoom meeting and/or an in person discussion in August.

If you’re interested, please comment below and purchase the book.

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#Wordle 1,138 3/6*

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The #OldGal also popped a 3 today. Sigh.


Good morning! May you do good by all the means you can today.


Rugby 7s is fun as heck. I need more of this in my sports rotation.


Some recommended reading for the Christian seeking to understand how to engage the cultural moment:

Christ and Culture by Niehbur

Plowing in Hope by Hegeman

The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind by Noll

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Postman


Keyword | 7 guesses | 0:56 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣2️⃣

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Just couldn’t see it.


#Wordle 1,137 3/6*

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The #OldGal dropped a 5 today!!! Perhaps too much fun with her grandsons has her distracted.


Good morning! May you seek to do all the good you can today.


I introduced my sweet wife, Amy, Frita Batidos in downtown Ann Arbor tonight. It’s a cute little Cuban street food restaurant. We got a chorizo Frita, a black bean Frita, the perfect snack, and a passion fruit Batido.


The narrow path is to hold onto conviction and extend overwhelming grace.

To withhold conviction or grace is the wide path, no, the wide ditches on either side of the narrow way.


#Wordle 1,136 3/6*

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The #OldGal couldn’t hang today and only scored a 4! Boom.


Keyword | 7 guesses | 0:27 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣2️⃣1️⃣

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I had the wrong intuition on this one. 😂


Good morning! May you act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God this week.


This morning’s sermon…

open.spotify.com/show/1v4F…


Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah

We explore the core theme of the pre-Assyrian exile prophets.


There have been many folks who are quite upset about a particular moment in the Olympics Opening Ceremony. Initially, I admit, I was a bit taken back. However, as has become my recent practice on social media, I thought, “There is likely more to this story.”

It turns out, that there is a famous painting entitled, “The Feast of the Gods”, by Johann Rottenhammer and Jan Bruegel from around 1602. This painting hangs in the Louvre.

Also, as I have read more, the table imagery that we have become accustomed to seeing in DaVinci’s “The Last Supper,” was a quite common setting for Renaissance painters.

I definitely do not like it when my faith is mocked. Too often, recently, many of us are taking offense at things that are not about our faith. It seems that we are holding on to some sort of edge that has us ready to pounce with rage and malice toward a perceived enemy. This sadly shows us something about ourselves. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control. When people who claim to follow Christ are not exhibiting these qualities, then it demonstrates that we are not keeping in step with the Spirit.

In this day and age of immediate response and social megaphones, let us lean into self-control during “viral” moments. Let us remember well, Proverbs 17:28, “Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.”

Perhaps in this particular moment it will be helpful to remember another Proverb, Proverb 18:2, “Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.” (Really this one applies to much of our social media interactions!)


Keyword | 8 guesses | 0:48 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣2️⃣1️⃣2️⃣

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Not a great showing. But not terrible either.


#Wordle 1,135 4/6*

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The #OldGal also scored a 4 today. Perhaps a #YoungPup will come through with a 3!


Good morning! May you choose connection and community today.