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Hope Comes Slowly

I have been thinking a lot about hope for the last few days.  First off, we had a sermon on hope on Sunday—part of a four-week series.  It was a good reminder that Jesus Christ is the source of hope for the world.  Without him, we’re in trouble!  Not sure I heard anything revolutionary—I’ve [...]

Trying It On

So, anyway, here’s something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. How do these truths of grace and identity and humility and trust, and received love, and safety and permission and protection and vulnerability and so on and so forth…how do they really get transferred?
We’ve got a DVD and CD entitled something like “The [...]

Relentless Pursuit

Some of you know that I am in a six week Sunday school class learning about the life of Christ. Great stuff and I am discovering a lot of things that I had never thought about or should have been thinking about but haven’t. It is amazing to me that after 30 years of [...]

Living in the Light – Part 2

Well, if you remember, in my previous blog, I was recounting an incident of getting trapped in a lie regarding a neighbor’s dog and my garden hose.
(That sounded like an introduction on one of those old radio shows. “When we last left our hero, he was trapped in a mine shaft and his flashlight had [...]

Living in the Light

The Lynches have a nice backyard. It used to be crab grass mixed with dirt and a rusted swing set. Over the years we’ve added a pool and some dear friends surprised me one birthday with a giant, tiled “grilling center” and glorious fireplace. Wealthy and famous people come by just to gawk. I am [...]