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Invited to the Feast
Rose and I were newlyweds. We were married almost a year when I lost my ring. It was at the end of school–literally the last day of my second year, and I was about to drive back over the border from Ontario into Michigan. Needless to say, I was freaking out. Proper 19C | Luke…
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Insatiable Desire – How Jesus provides the antidote to what is killing us
Jesus is a terrible dinner guest. One would think that by now the Pharisees would know better than to invite Jesus for dinner. He’s always complaining about how we treat the help and how exclusive the guest list is. He calls us out in front of our friends and all but calls us greedy and…
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Burying the Dead
Jesus can be a real jerk. Seriously. Major league jerk. Clean-up hitter, empty the bases level jerk. OK. Maybe not a jerk. Maybe it is just that he sounds so snarky that it’s impossible not to be offended. OK. Maybe not snarky. But what else could it be? It isn’t nice! It is something else.…
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Waking Up
I wake up when by body wakes me. I get out of bed because I have obligations. I fulfill my obligations because I value being a person who works hard. I work hard because I want to accomplish something. I want to accomplish something because I have a dream. I have a dream because I…