He also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain-- first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. ... read more
Get On Your Knees–And Stay There
The stirring happens a bit after five. An awakeness stumbles into my sleep and jars me. I look at my husband's clock, automatically doing the eight-minute math to make up for his funny time sensitivity that propels him to set his clock fast (as if time actually changes). Not time to rise, so I roll ... read more
Questioning Through Mark: 4:1-9
The Parable of the Sower: Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water's edge. He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching ... read more
An Every Day Sabbath
The difference between living shackled to the law or free in grace? The Sabbath Lifestyle. Just because Christ has come and inaugurated the New Covenant doesn't mean we can toss the Sabbath to the roadside. The rhythm of Sabbath is woven into the creation of this world. A principle as old as the ... read more
Crawling toward the Manger: Day 21
We can become so engrossed in our American Christmas bubble that we float by the sorrows of a broken world without noticing. Friends, today is a day to look up and notice. To pray. Consider the tension in the Middle East. Many are fleeing from ISIS. Check these pictures out: refugees celebrating ... read more
Looking in Our Blind Spots: We All Have Them
He was merging on the freeway when it happened. A large, gray SUV crashed into the rear driver's side of my husband's car, sending my husband's hat flying backward. Is that breaking the law of physics? I don't know. The police asked if he'd looked in his mirrors, checked his blind spot. Of course ... read more
Questioning through Mark: 3:20-35
Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind." And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed ... read more
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