Bible, Holidays

Clear View

This is an excerpt from Spring Clean: Devotions for Lent, Day 27. It also "happens" to be the text on which my pastor spoke in church yesterday, as well as the Bible story that moved my heart to become a Jesus-follower when I was a child. Presented here today with prayers and hope for healing in us all, this Holy Week and ever forward.

Do Justice, Mental Health, Pop Culture

Tradition! (or The Sacrifice God Is NOT Calling Us To Make)

In which I reflect on Fiddler on the Roof and its parallels to the Bible story of Jephthah's daughter

Bible

Deep and Wide: Matthew 8:2-3

In which we take a deep (contextual) and wide (for all times) look at Matthew's account of the healing the the man with leprosy.

Pop Culture

Introducing the IMR (In the Middle of Reading) Book Review

In which I preliminarily review the books I am currently reading, no matter how close (or not) I am to their conclusions. P.S. Got any recs for me?