A Momentous Evening

I have to admit I have not been completely pumped up for this Holy Week. Don’t misunderstand. I adore this time of walking with Jesus, but the sum of life beyond Holy Week has been sapping my energy. I was really looking forward to Easter simply because my vacation begins after the benediction. It’s not…

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Practical Lent

A good number of Americans think of Lent as “that season when you give something up 1.” Lent is a lot more than that. Lent is a season of holy introspection, prayer, and paying close attention to the rhythm of life in order to better align oneself with the Savior. It is a season to…

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Unpacking Memory

My original plan was to begin this chapter with Jeremy experiencing his second dream. The length of “Capital Expressions” changed the plan, so he instead fell into the dream at the end of the first scene. This was fun because it allowed me to finish the scene by bringing him back into the waking world,…

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Fiction Tuesday – Memory

Today’s blog is the continuation of, Welcome to the Valleys. If you would like to catch up with the tale, the first section can be found at this link Jeremy felt himself falling and landed roughly on to hard ground. His impact was so forceful he assumed he must be gravely injured, but to his surprise his body was…

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On the Way

On Sunday I preached from John’s version of the Triumphal entry. It’s a pretty standard telling of the story, but at the end the author makes an interesting self-indictment. “At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and…

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Life Storm

Perfect storm of life Allergies and Holy Week Daylight Savings Time Allergy season is upon us, and it couldn’t come at a worse time. During allergy season mental distractions become so acute my body tends to respond to them by either barking out in anger or running into a quite room to rock back and…

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