Wednesday night, Gayle graciously allowed me to sit in on her final choir practice. She required that I actually sing and sit according to the seating chart; I did. The yellow laminated placeholder read “surprise guest”. You could feel love, community, and harmony filling the room; grace was palpable. Today, our community stands at the […]
Monthly Archives: January 2024
Prayer is the oldest and most universal religious practice. People all over the world pray in what the Apostle Paul calls “the rich variety of God’s wisdom” and adds that “Every ethnic group in heaven or on earth is recognized by God.” (Eph 3) The Bible assumes prayer as a practice its readers understood, and […]
If you had the hubris to write a book filled with everything people need to know about God, how might you organize it? Would you open such a Bible with a chapter of definitions and terms? Would you organize your chapters with titles like “how worship feeds our souls” or “dealing with oppression, evil […]
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