In the weeks before Jesus’ crucifixion, his disciples squabbled over who would be the greatest in his kingdom—the kingdom they expected him to set up at that time, where he would rule as an earthly potentate. John and James’ mother …
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The melody of rain dripping off the eaves, pounding onto the roof, and running through the gutters is a welcome sound in March. I pause to gaze on its pouring—my favorite scents and sounds wash over me, pleasing the senses. …
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In rapper fashion, my little granddaughter wears her oversized red ball cap backward, her tiny blue jeans sagging low on her hips as she toddles onto the front porch. I squat down to tell her good-bye—I’ll see her later. Unexpectedly, …
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In concert with God the Spirit, our Savior spoke the universe into existence after the Godhead had formulated Plan A, the only plan. Though Romans, Jews, Passover, and crosses did not exist in the predawn of time, they would. Christ would lay his …
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An hour before dawn, I wake in the dark. Terror and crankiness, my usual first emotions, rip at my soul. Already, before my eyes are even open, darkness is upon me. From my limited perspective, trapped in this jar of …
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On top of the continental divide in the high desert, it requires extraordinary effort to grow a garden. In the arid climate, water must be delivered in subterranean ways. Every plant is mulched heavily—sometimes over black plastic around each plant. …
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I am a prairie girl. Currently, I live on a rainy, well-watered, thickly-treed peninsula of the north. Lack of water is not a problem here. On the prairie, it’s a different story. The Great American Desert, pioneers called it as …
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“Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service …
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While attending a fine choral presentation by a boychoir, I actually learned the words to what I had thought was a light-weight Christmas song about a party. I had assumed it was about a boy gathering the courage to ask …
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“But the slave may declare, ‘…I don’t want to go free. If he does this, his master must present him before God. Then his master must take him to the door or doorpost and publicly pierce his ear with an …
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