Monthly Archives: November 2012

It is about discipleship, stupid…not salt

Luke 14:34 ‘Salt is good; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?* 35It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure heap; they throw it away. Let anyone with ears to hear listen!’ … Continue reading

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Ruth, Kenny Loggins and what loving relationship births in God’s time

Ruth and Naomi.  What a story.  All about relationship.  Newly widowed Ruth is led by God to follow her mother-in-law, Naomi, to what is for Ruth a foreign land.  Naomi returning to that same land also a widow and a … Continue reading

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May there be peace in our days

The readings from Sirach end this week in this year’s cycle.  Interesting.  First, recall that Sirach (also titled, Ecclesiasticus) is not included in Protestant bibles.  No, it was excluded, along with other Old Testament books, by Luther and the Reformers … Continue reading

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Biblical Bumper Sticker to attach to my shoes….

..so that with each step on the road I remember that He has me die to live and fall to fly…over and over and over, again…each step of the way. The biblical sticker today comes from Psalm 56  I will … Continue reading

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How Surely Gravity’s Law

Very often when I read Psalm 55 I am prompted to say to the psalmist, “Just stop already. Your prayers won’t be answered as long as you insist that God do it your way.  Let go and let God, for … Continue reading

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