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The Unhousing of America: Part I
It Really Is A Crisis Many recognize that we are but stewards of God’s creation, yet remain fuzzy on what effective stewardship means. So, it is…
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Mercy for Me, Justice for the Other Guy
Working for the Man This week’s text is Matthew 20: 1-16. This is the tale of the workers in the vineyard. Some work all day, some only an hour. Yet…
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The Aspirations of Business
What Business Should Be This week I wish to share a movie clip as a means of communicating the best of what business aspires to be. Many, particularly…
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Unending Forgiveness
A Brief Lesson This week’s text is Matthew 18: 21-35. This is a famous lesson Jesus offers regarding forgiveness, specifically, how many times we should…
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Freedom Desuetude
Freedom won Freedom lent Freedom gone Freedom spent -Anonymous What’s All This Now? Yes, another essay with a funky word in the title. Desuetude is a…
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Keeping Compassionate
Jesus Gets Mundane The text this week is Matthew 18: 15-20. This is a teaching text whereby Jesus is explaining how to go about dealing with division in…
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Labor Day? How About Capital Day?
An updated repost of a previous Labor Day essay. Of Course Labor is Good No, I am not suggesting that it is inappropriate to honor labor. There is…
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August 2023
Jesus’s Cross and Ours
From Here It Gets Rough The text this week is Matthew 16: 21-28. This text sees Jesus explaining to the disciples what He must endure when they get to…
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A Tuff Shed & A Cross
The Genesis of an Idea A while back I was looking at the Twitter feed of an author I follow. She was posing a question to her followers; what the most…
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Peter’s Declaration and Ours
Final Exam This week’s text is Matthew 16:13-20. This is the tale of Peter’s declaration of who he thinks Jesus is. Really it is more of a final exam…
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Dear God, Is Earth It?
Has to Be Something Better, Has to Be Last week I discussed whether humanity should go out seeking alien life. In the end I concluded that yes we…
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Be Persistent
Confronting an “Outsider” The text for this week is Matthew 15: 10-28. This is comprised of two stories. One is about what defiles a person, things…
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