The Bible tells us over and over that we live and die as a community. The honor of one is the honor of all. The shame or sin of one, affects all.
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Controlled Chaos
Controlled chaos: shaving cream war at Great Escape Isn’t the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Isn’t the loaf of bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ? - 1...
To Endure
From the top at Qumran (looking towards Jerusalem). On the climb up Qumran - I was amazed how these flowers persevered amidst the rocks and desert. When a great crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one...
Willing to be Uncomfortable
Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other. – 1 Corinthians 10:24 (NRSV) In May, I participated in one of the Faith and Poverty Forums sponsored by the Wisconsin Council of Churches. The information was excellent, and...
Lord of the Sabbath – Part 2
On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched...
Lord of the Sabbath – Part I
This is the first of two posts on Luke 6:1-11. One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. Some of the...
(RE)Discovering the Tithe: It’s Personal
“So now I bring the first of the fruit of the ground that you, O LORD, have given me.” You shall set it down before the LORD your God and bow down before the LORD your God. Then you, together...
(RE)Discovering the Tithe: Who Gets It?
Set apart a tithe of all the yield of your seed that is brought in yearly from the field…. – Deuteronomy 14:22 (NRSV) This is the third in a series of reflections on the tithe. I have been studying what...
(RE)Discovering the Tithe: Come
All tithes from the land, whether the seed from the ground or the fruit from the tree, are the LORD’S; they are holy to the LORD. If persons wish to redeem any of their tithes, they must add one-fifth to...
Holy Sorrow
We're not meant to journey alone (Qumran, Israel). In the same way, though there are many of us, we are one body in Christ, and individually we belong to each other. – Romans 12:5 (CEB) Today I went to Tippecanoe...