A Dog’s Death—A Family’s Grief
Not The Same, I know I know that there is a difference between the death of a child and the death of a dog, or any animal pet. I’m not oblivious to this important distinction. If you have lost a child or someone too soon, then grant me leeway please. I know the two are not the same, but I also ...
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Riding the Waves
Religious Waves I’m told by surfers that the key to surfing is not riding the wave, but catching it. As a pastor for over 40 years I tried to catch and then ride every wave that came my way. There was, for one, the church growth movement in the early 80s. A guy named Lyle Schaller was the ...
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Holy Wound
(The Sixth Wound of Jesus—carrying the cross.) Call To Prayer June 25, 2007 It is Sunday morning, four o’clock, and I am standing on the roof terrace just outside our apartment in East Jerusalem. It is jet lag that has me awake at this 4th watch of the night. And it’s dark – no ...
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Father Abraham and Sons
Old Man Look At My Life (A Bible Story) The old man reclines with his back against a bent old tree. It’s hard to tell one from the other, both look tired. It is the middle of the day and the old man is sleeping, snoring softly with his head leaning down on his right ...
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A Perfect Gentleman (January ‘06)
January 16, 2006 — My very first blog post from Jerusalem. Bus 36 Actual Bus Bus 36 to Jerusalem, our bus. We’re beginning to recognize the drivers, and they us. Two tickets, 7 shekels – about a buck-fifty. I smile and nod. Today he nods back – smiles are hard to come by around ...
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Signs and Wonders (Written by Marlin, not by Kim—Sorry Kim) Operator Error!
“Faith Without Works is Dead!” Brother James I need to see action to have faith. And I have to act to sustain my faith. Because of these two realities in my own lived-out journey, faith/believing is daily work. Interacting with others, whether Christian or otherwise—mostly ...
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Our Children are Paying Attention
He Is My Neighbor—so help me Jesus! For going on three years now, Sally and I have been a part of a local endeavor to provide basic needs for people experiencing homelessness and food insecurity. The downtown Methodist church faithfully and sacrificially offers their facility on Tuesday and ...
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