From Questions, Two Applications
Bringing the plate of pancakes from the kitchen (cup of oats, 2 eggs, and one banana blended…with a dash of cinnamon and fried on a griddle…) I set the plate down in anticipation of biting into one of my favorite, healthy post workout meals. I sat down, cut into it, and took my first bite. …
I am a minimalist. I look at someone like Jason Bourne (of the Bourne Identity saga) who runs around with a wallet, passport, clothes on his back...and that's about it...and I think, "Yeah." I like to travel light. I purposefully study in a tidy space. I would sooner throw away most of my possessions than …
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, Luke 4:18 “‘I have made you a light for the …
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That is what we want...a doctor who has good news. When the doctor steps through the door bright eyed with a smile on his face...thats a good start. The 'beloved physician' whom we have been tracking along with in our exploration of the Luke-Acts narrative has "good news" to put before us. It is "good …
Music is medicine for the soul. Songs are powerful ways to convey truth. The melody takes us where mere words cannot. The truth carried to our ears by a song sticks with us... ...example: Amazing grace how sweet the sound, that....??? Be thou my vision or Lord of my...?? Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle...?? Maybe …
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Do your prayers matter? Do they go anywhere? I bet you have been in....or maybe are in a season right now where it feels like prayer does nothing and goes no where. It can be like vertigo (a dizzy like feeling that is your brain playing tricks on you). It feels like the room or …
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“Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings…” Colossians 4:14 In a way we might understand Luke, by the Holy Spirit, to have sent “greetings” to all the saints of Christ’s Church across time and around the world. The teaching and stories that Luke brings to the table of the New Testament are a great …
The other day I was running an errand at the bank, and as I waited for the lady at the counter a thought randomly came to mind: I really love coffee and books. I could almost hear Julia Andrews beginning to sing: “…these are a few of my favorite things.” ( I grew up with …
Last week, as is usual for the Mustians, we watched a documentary about nature to close out the Lord's Day. This particular episode was about life on and around Antartica. In one video shot of the surrounding ocean, a whale was seen just barely surfacing above the water. To this Jàel exclaimed, "What was that?!?" …
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Wallters, Charles; Soothsayer with a Skull; Bruce Castle Museum (Haringey Culture, Libraries and Learning); http://www.artuk.org/artworks/soothsayer-with-a-skull-134137 The picture is striking. Why does it catch your eye? How does it effect you? Confused? Unsettled? Curious? Disgusted? This is no ordinary scene. In fact this is no ordinary scene because of "A Forgotten Truth About Death." What is …
The Reforming Raker 