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Tuesday, August 9th, 2005Sometimes God speaks with the gentleness and symbolism of a poet. Here are two divine musings from this weekend. Saturday morning, Matt and Katy discovered that a dove built a nest outside Caleb’s bedroom window and laid two eggs.Cradling his son Caleb at the accident scene, Matt told him it was okay to go home [...]
The manifold wisdom of God
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005“His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known … according to his eternal purpose …” (Ephesians 3:10-11) What a colorful concept, the “manifold” wisdom of God. I always imagined a sheet of paper folded many times into a tiny fraction of its former size, getting unfolded [...]
A new kind of Christian
Monday, May 2nd, 2005… keeps his word, unlike my promise to blog about Brian McLaren’s book of the same title when I read it last month. MK reminded me of my transgression so I’ll make an introductory comment beyond the half dozen or so brief references weeks ago. God’s timing remains ever mysterious to me. When it seems [...]
Primal prayer
Monday, April 18th, 2005“How are you?” I said, not really expecting a reply. All my neighbor Morris ever did was grunt at me. From “Loving New Yorkers Through Prayer,” by Diana’s uncle, Roger McPhail, in Decision magazine here.
Why not fruit salad?
Friday, April 8th, 2005A youth ministry friend of mine has become something of a muse for me recently. He inspired this article last month, and now this post after a series of emails about the nature of partnerships. He made a great point about how difficult it is to prioritize working with groups whose missions contrast with our [...]
A journey or a destination?
Monday, April 4th, 2005Jesus invited the disciples to, “Come, follow me.” He never really said where, just spoke vaguely about the Kingdom of Heaven. God told Abraham to leave Ur and “Go,” but, again, refused to say where exactly. Moses followed a cloud by day and pillar of fire by night, but after 400 years of Egyptian slavery, [...]
He chopped her body into 12 pieces
Wednesday, March 30th, 2005Anyone else tired of the goofy ways we try to make sense of Scripture’s more outrageous stories that contradict our theology and customs? Consider Judges 19-20: But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the [...]
There’s no resurrection without the cross
Saturday, March 26th, 2005This weekend can make a person reflective. Christians the world over commemorate Good Friday and celebrate Resurrection Sunday, but what about the day in between? Although it gets no play in our modern traditions, I’ve often wondered about the first “Holy Saturday.” I can’t imagine the torrent of emotions — fear, anger, grief, self-doubt — [...]
Too much too soon?
Tuesday, March 1st, 2005Former Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch quit the multi-plantinum metal band last week, 2 months after receiving Christ into his life, due to conflicts over their videos and lyrics. This weekend, he shared his testimony at a southern California church to an estimated 10,000 church goers. MTV has been all over this story for the [...]
Pray for Abner and his team
Thursday, February 10th, 2005Abner Ramos is an Intervarsity staff worker at East L.A. College. One of the students in his chapter, Julio, was killed this week in a hit-and-run accident. Abner is in the middle of the tragedy, as is Brad Arnold, and I pray wisdom and spiritual strength as they support Julio’s loved ones during a very [...]
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