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I see a dead branch. God sees a tree.

When I look out my bedroom window, I see a dead branch with hundreds of dead twigs. As a horticultural tech, my first impulse is to pull out my pruning shears. Unfortunately, the branch leaves the trunk about 25 feet o…
Our imperfect siblings-in-Christ.

"Don't judge Jesus by his followers." When I heard Mark Driscoll say this in a sermon, I thought it was the best advice when it comes to Christians. Driscoll didn't mean this in a critical way but to illustrate that un…
"But he's not worth saving, Jesus!", Part I

In Sunday School growing up, I had always been told that Jonah was afraid to go to Nineveh to minister to the people there. Not true. Jonah didn't think the Ninevites were worth the saving grace of Yahweh. I never tho…
Untamed Tongue.

It was warm yesterday, but not so warm that my frozen water bottles melted fast enough for me to quench my thirst. On my second-to-last account, I noticed that I was giving my plants more water then they probably needed…
The Task of Accepting Mercy.

Imagine how you would feel if you beat up your kid-brother, sold him into slavery, and then told your father he was killed. Imagine going 15 years with that knowledge. You have no internet databases, private detectives…
Into all the world.

Visited another church today, which turned out to be a Biblically-based, Jesus-focused community. I'm still looking for a place where I don't feel like the distant cousin at the holiday dinner, invited out of obligation…
41 Days Minus 8

At the end of my 41-days of abstaining from television for Lent, I spent the next week doing nothing but stare at the black-box. It was from a sad combination of laziness and a sense of discouragement at not feeling I a…
5:30 p.m. Reality Check

My 5:25 journal-to-Jesus entry:"Funny...people offer me a seat next to them in church after service ends...even though I sat alone in an empty row the entire hour-and-a-half while they sat directly in front of me. "Othe…
Sweet Citrus Fragrance without the Fruit

I'm beginning to realize that the Holy Spirit uses my Clementine seedling to encourage me concerning my own growth; any time I begin doubting myself, something happens with this 5-inch sprout. Last March when it broke t…
stones under Light

In Marquette there is a common hiking trail which leads to the top of a large, granite hill. From far away, Sugarloaf at sunrise gives off a smooth, unmarred rose-glow. Yet when you approach its base and begin your asc…

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