I wasn’t sure I’d get to write this post. Today is the 36th anniversary of my accident. 36 years since I fell 9 feet from a roof, took my first-ever ambulance ride, and learned I’d spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. I wasn’t sure I’d get to write this post, because a […]
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About What Matters
What matters? Are we willing to sacrifice for it?
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Light And Following
Thinking about last time, about following the light rather than simply avoiding the darkness. On a practical level, isn’t it about being guided by eternal principles instead of just following the rules, doing what’s right rather than what’s legal? I talk a lot about my aversion to rules and formulas as ways to control behavior. […]
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Light And Self-Driving Cars
I think a self-driving car would be cool. In college, I commuted with an electrical engineering student. Jack was convinced that we’d see self-driving cars within a few years. He spent countless hours telling me how they would work. I don’t recall details, but I remember there were two notions about guidance. The first was […]
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About Maps
When we ask for maps…He gives us people.
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“Gratitude turns what we have…into enough.” A lot of us are sort of recovering from a day of feasting and celebrating and giving thanks. For many folks, today will be about leftovers and turkey sandwiches and, of course, football. I’ve been pondering what it means to be truly thankful in the midst of abundance. I […]
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Who’s In Charge?
Not me! I was never *in charge* of my classroom. First, anyone who believes they’re in charge of a room full of teenagers for any length of time is delusional. Beyond that, demanding compliance through coercion isn’t particularly effective. I didn’t want to spend my days playing whack-a-mole with kids who challenged my “authority.” As […]
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Love…and Hope
Love and hope…a powerful combination.
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Get Off My Lawn
I don’t have to invite people to toss their trash on my lawn. I do, though, through TV and social media, the “junk” I invite into my brain. Do you have any of that in your life? I wonder why, when I know there’s a better way. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever […]
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Foolish
May God bless you and me with just the right amount of foolishness…
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About Following
“Follow me.” Pretty simple. Jesus didn’t invite us to talk about following. Or to make a plan to follow. Or to study how people used to follow, or criticize how someone else follows. Or judge those who don’t. He didn’t tell us to get everything in order before we start. In fact, He was clear […]
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Family
Here’s an interesting bit of Bible trivia. Paul uses the phrase, “our Lord” 53 times, & “my Lord” only 1 time. Perhaps it’s not definitive, but to me it’s at least an indication that Paul thought about following Jesus as a communal activity. Jesus spent most of His three years of ministry gathering people, traveling […]
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