When the disciples come back with food for Jesus, it doesn’t say that He ate. He says that He HAS food and the disciples think that someone brought Him some. Here I am at the end of an hour wasted surfing the internet during my only quiet time of the day, and I realize that […]
The Samaritan Woman Gets the Living Water
We have to talk about this Samaritan woman and the living water. Jesus said to her: John 4:10 ¬? Jesus answered her, ‚ÄúIf you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.‚Äù John 4:11 ¬? […]
Jesus in the the Land of the Samaritans and this Really Unclean Woman
‚ÄúThen, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, ‚ÄúCome, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?‚Äù‚Äù (John 4:28-29 NIV) Jesus talks to this lady and then she leaves to go tell everyone in town about Him. As she […]
Postcard from Cashland
So we just got a postcard in the mail for the previous residents of our house. It should be noted that our house was a foreclosure and we bought it from the bank. The postcard is from CASHLAND, a paycheck loan place in town. It says ‚ÄúBecause we have missed seeing you for a while, […]
God Isn't Afraid of Anybody: Scary or Dirty or Unholy
John 4:7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‚ÄúWill you give me a drink?‚Äù I was thinking this morning about Jesus asking the woman for a drink of water. There were several times when we lived in Asia that there would be a kid walking down the street eating […]
Two Quotes Worth Repeating
These both appear earlier in my blog from a talk at the Well, but I just came across them on a search and thought they were so good it was worth repeating. They are from Considering what I represent to that city, it would be wrong for me to focus on the darkness. I don’t […]
A brief commentary on my current bike rack.
I did not buy you a $300 bike so you could strap a big bucket of kitty litter to the back of it. My wife, after seeing my latest bicycle rack hack.
Bike Ride Day 1
With the closing of N. Greenriver and $4 gasoline, I’m going to try to bike to work today… We’ll see how it goes. If all goes well, I’ll slip in a detour to the Donut Bank on my way!
Disturbing Church
During the most important part of the church service, the background music played is an anthem to their country. Pictures of their military are shown, some even with guns in hand, while the congregation meditates on the Eucharist-the body and blood of Jesus who said “blessed are the peacemakers.” At the end, the men’s choir […]
Receiving Foreign Aid…
In thinking about Burma and China rejecting foreign aid for their disasters, I just wonder what New Orleans would have thought if a lot of Iranians would have shown up to help them after hurricane Catrina.
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