Tag: Jesus

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testimony

lifeinthelabyrinthSeptember 6, 20193 Comments

No one can argue or disagree with your personal testimony.

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take

lifeinthelabyrinthJuly 5, 20192 Comments

“Take, this is my body.”

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next | The Women Heard (a Good Friday reflection)

lifeinthelabyrinthApril 19, 20194 Comments

On that first Good Friday, a Friday that seemed anything but good, how could we contemplate what would come next when all we thought we knew had died?

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reward

lifeinthelabyrinthMarch 22, 20193 Comments

When life is quiet, the streets are safe, and we can freely go to church (or not), death is a little more removed. And so is heaven and our need for it. What, then, is our prize? What is our...

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Peace Through a Baby Boy | A Christmas Eve Poem

lifeinthelabyrinthDecember 24, 2018March 13, 2019Leave a comment

Luke 2 in the form a familiar poem. Let us hear the Good News of Great Joy!

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Exiled From the Nativity: Rebellion

lifeinthelabyrinthDecember 18, 2018December 18, 20186 Comments

Is my forced exile of the wise men also my act of rebellion against the commercialization (and consumer-ization) of Christmas?

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still

lifeinthelabyrinthDecember 14, 20187 Comments

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. - John 1:5

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Advent Expectations

lifeinthelabyrinthDecember 11, 2018December 10, 2018Leave a comment

We come to Advent with many expectations: expectations of ourselves and others; expectations that our current circumstances can’t live up to.

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I Believe that We Will Win

lifeinthelabyrinthNovember 20, 2018November 20, 20182 Comments

I love the suggestion that hope springs eternal even when the odds and circumstances suggest otherwise.

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A Moment of Clarity

lifeinthelabyrinthNovember 13, 2018November 12, 20182 Comments

So we went – and we listened – and we watched. And then we went home. I thought that was it. Boy, was I wrong.