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Enter the Mystery

Enter the Mystery
“It looks like I'm going to have to let go of what I expected and enter a mystery.“ Eugene Peterson I make plans. It’s what I do - lists, preparations, targets, goals. There’s good in that, unless I hang on too tightly. Sometimes I go down a road with certainty and every expectation of my…
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Written in the Dirt

Written in the Dirt
And as they continued to ask Him, He stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”  And once more He bent down and wrote on the ground. John 8:7-8 Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust. What was it that He wrote…
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Jesus stooped

Jesus stooped
The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.   … Jesus stooped down and wrote with His finger on the ground.  John 8:3-6 Jesus stooped down. The word means to…
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When God showed up

When God showed up
What do we mean when we say “God showed up?” Is our assumption that He wasn’t there before and now He is? It sounds like it, even if that’s not what we mean. God has promised He is with believers. He dwells within us individually as well as when we gather. So, when we claim…
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