Eyes Wide Open

Hebrews 13:17 (NRSV)
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls and will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with sighing–for that would be harmful to you.
I recently co-conducted a Memorial Service for a 97 year-old man and it […]

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Romans 12:6-8 (NRSV)
We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; [7] ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; [8] the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.
Today continues a series of posts on […]

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Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

Here is a typical conversation concerning a child that one is likely to hear at a family gathering:
“Oh, he’s just like his Father!” says one Auntie.
“I think […]

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