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  • Do Justice

    When you hear a statistic like one in three women and girls has been sexually assaulted, it may seem impossibly high, but includes real people, the women and girls you interact with in a daily basis. Throughout my lifetime of getting to know others, I can personally attest to the veracity of number. Obviously I…

  • The Check In 

    It’s still January of 2026. At the beginning of 2020, I wrote about all my hopes and dreams for the decade. Now it’s all whipping by like a car with no steering wheel and a brick on the gas.  In a few hours, I will pack up the kids and drive them two and a…

  • 1 Corinthians 13: 4-13 Loveology

    According to Paul, the man that never married, “Love is patient and kind.” In a world where you can be anything, a titan of industry, or a chief of police, kindness and patience often get trampled underfoot. Yet, there is another, better way.  “Love does not envy, or boast; it is not arrogant or rude.”…

  • Alignment

    Alignment

    (I wrote this note 16 years ago and it just resurfaced on FB memories.) I went to the Physical Therapist yesterday because my neck and back have been stiff and sore a little since a car accident I was in a few weeks ago. Nothing dramatic, but I was getting headaches too. The PT had…

  • 1 Corinthians 12: Spiritual Gifts 

    Paul reminds the readers of a time before when they followed idols with mute spirits. Now, he says that no one with the Holy Spirit says “Jesus is cursed,” and no one says “Jesus is Lord” without the Holy Spirit. In other words, our faith and conviction are empowered by the Spirit.  Paul says there…

  • Romans 16: Goodbye

    Paul wraps up his letter with acknowledgments of fellow believers and ministers. He commends Phoebe, a deacon of the church at Cenchreae, who was his patron as well as host (in Acts). Then the couple Prisca (Pricilla) and Aquila, his fellow tentmakers and house church leaders who “risked their necks” for him. He greets his…

  • Acts 21: Trouble

    After Paul said goodbye to the Ephesian elders, he continued by boat across the Mediterranean sea back to the city of Tyre, in Syria, north of Jerusalem. He stayed with disciples there and they warned him not to go to Israel. Then he went to the house of Philip, one of the seven, who had…

  • Acts 3: Better than Gold

    In this chapter Peter and John go to the temple and see a man begging. He has been lame from birth, and lives by asking for alms of those entering to worship. Peter asks him to look at them, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In…

  • John 12: Seeds of Faith

    The clock is ticking down; six days to Passover. Mary and Martha host a dinner for Jesus to celebrate the resurrection of their brother Lazarus. While Martha is serving the food, Mary brings out a pound of nard and puts it on Jesus feet and wipes his feet with her hair. What is that about?…

  • John 9: Born Blind

    In this chapter, the Pharisees point out a blind man to Jesus and ask if he is blind because of his sin or his parents’ sin.  Rude. The poor guy just sat there taking an insult to go with his disability. Jesus said, neither, it is so God’s work can be displayed. What a 180°…