aren’t all souls equal?
Read John 13 “To the wondering patriarch He now says in effect, ‘It’s all right, Abraham. I never intended that you should actually slay the lad. I only wanted to remove him from the temple of your heart that I might reign unchallenged there. I wanted to correct the perversion that existed in your love.’” [...]
[fatherless generation] closing thoughts from @johnsowers
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Thank you Dan (and the BibleDude.net community), It is humbling and encouraging to see the response to the book. I am grateful for this project – and hope that all of us will become advocates for it’s message. The fatherless story is written into the heart of our generation, read in our blogs, seen in [...]
the seventy-two project
Later the Master selected seventy(-two) and sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he intended to go. He gave them this charge: “What a huge harvest! And how few the harvest hands. So on your knees; ask the God of the Harvest to send harvest hands. On your way! [...]
[capture beauty] the water by kailey morgan
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Why I see beauty here: The water is going only one way and you could not see the end of the stream of water anywhere. It felt like it was leading you somewhere unknown which drew the people passing by to stop and gaze out further than they could see. Wondering what lied beyond the [...]
[capture beauty] innocent play by larry meredith
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Why I see beauty here: There is a passing beauty in the moment, a feeling of lost and bright youth in contrast to the weathering of age. The clean and gleaming reminders of innocent play against the mud that can await a misstep in this world. Submitted by: Larry Meredith Submitted to: capture [beauty] photography [...]
[capture beauty] light wins by karen eck
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Why I see beauty here: As I positioned myself I found that even when I accidentally blocked some of the light the reflection remained, and even looked brighter and more beautiful in contrast to the shadow. So, here you see it. Light wins. Submitted by: Karen Eck Submitted to: capture [beauty] photography project Check [...]
[capture beauty] window by nancy rosback
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Why I see beauty here: i like the warm colour along with the contrast of shadow and light in this shot. Submitted by: Nancy Rosback Submitted to: capture [beauty] photography project Check out other photos in this project here.
[scouting the divine] closing thoughts
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Thank you for the beautiful weeks of blogging and joining in on the journey of Scouting the Divine: My Search for God in Wine, Wool, and Wild Honey. When I think back about my time, one of the most meaningful spiritual lessons about God as shepherd actually came from watching some geese in an [...]
[scouting the divine] part three: the land of milk and honey
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by Karen Spears Zacharias My father may have done more of the grocery shopping than I credit him for, but the only time I recall him bringing home the bacon was the night he also brought home a sack of bears. “Dave, what in the world is this?” Mama asked as she eyed a row [...]
[scouting the divine] part two: the harvest
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by Laura Chase The 2nd portion of Scouting the Divine,centers on the theme of Harvesting. The story begins with Margaret Feinberg, and her husband Leif, spending a summer of Sunday afternoons feeding a group of young college-aged men, in their Alaskan home. Although unaware of it at the time, Margaret and Leif were going to [...]
[scouting the divine] part one: the good shepherd
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by Don F Perkins It can be difficult to grasp the meaning of ancient stories written in a different culture, in another age, translated who knows how many times. Baptism, the washing of feet and many other concepts are just not part of our lives today. How do we relate to the bible? Margaret Feinberg’s [...]
[jesus, the middle eastern storyteller] author’s closing thoughts
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by Gary M. Burge I’m really honored that each of you have taken the time to give a thoughtful reading to this short book. I often feel that there is a huge gap between the world of scholarship (where I live) and the world of the church. We publish and discuss technical matters regularly but [...]
[jesus, the middle eastern storyteller] chapter 7: the foolish builder
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by Gabriel Morton Luke 12:13-21 The Foolish Builder? I beg to differ. I believe a better title for this chapter is Selfish vs. Selfless. If you boil this chapter down to the nitty-gritty, that’s what it’s all about. Let me fill you in: The central story for this chapter is a man who asked [...]
[jesus, the middle eastern storyteller] chapter 4: stories about compassion
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by Jeremy Carnes Luke 10:25-37 This chapter is mainly about the parable of the Good Samaritan that Jesus masterly crafts to a teacher of the law. This exchange between Jesus and the priest starts with the question “What must be done to gain eternal life?” Jesus asks “What is written in the Law?” and the [...]
[jesus, the middle eastern storyteller] chapter 3: stories about excuses
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by Samantha Rozell Luke 14:15-24 Excuses, excuses, excuses. Most of us hear them everyday. Many of us even make excuses throughout our day. Chapter 3, titled stories about excuses, focuses on one parable found in Luke 14, the parable of the banquet (or feast depending on your translation of the Bible). Most of us I’m [...]
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[jesus, the middle eastern storyteller] chapter 1: jesus’ storytelling world
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by Angela Kerns Gary Burge describes Jesus as a storyteller who communicates with word pictures, dramatic actions, metaphors, and stories. Fortunately for us this author does many of these same things. The hallmark of a good writer, so I’ve been told, is in one’s ability to draw word pictures, to “show” rather than “tell”. This [...]
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