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Grace Isn’t Safe
As I’ve started reading through the Bible this year with our staff, I ran across a perplexing statement in the book of Genesis, particularly 27:20 in an exchange between Isaac and Jacob: But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly my son?” Jacob answered, “Because the LORD…
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Life, Death, and Gas Stations
I want to let you see what a pastor sees. A few weeks ago, I noticed that my gas tank was low so I pulled over to the side of the road at a gas station to fill up (and grab a Red Bull). As I stood at the pump with the sound of rush…
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The Light That Is Felt
I got electrocuted by Baby Jesus. So in my life, I have gotten mildly electrocuted not a few times. Cleaning walls, changing fire alarms, messing with electric fences, and once as a kid out of basic curiosity examining an outlet. It is a strange feeling, like getting shaken, the wind knocked out of you, and…
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The Thrill of Hope
Ever get bored of Christmas? It can appear in many forms: watching Charlie Brown Christmas Special for the 500th time, going to the same Christmas party every year, singing the same carols over and over again, putting up with Mariah Carey yelling about what she wants for Christmas. We love Christmas, but if we’re being…
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Coffee Circles
Coffee is one of those areas where my pseudo-OCD crosses paths with my trend of laziness. If you’ve seen my office up at the church, you’ll know that I have a set of 7 coffee mugs that I designate for each day of the week. I do this because I like routine, and also if…
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This road was bigger
I never thought it would change. Coming back from roads that I’ve traveled many times before, through Aledo and Fort Worth where I grew up to Arkansas where my dad’s family is from, I felt a strange sense of weight in my heart. In the space of life that I now live in with kids…
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