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It would be just like him

The God of the Bible looks like Jesus, the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being. It would be just like him to go to the cross.

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Practicing Our Scales

Imagine if our walk with Christ, representing his kingdom in the world, were as practiced and pure as Hania Rani’s fingers on the piano keys.

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Rescue

I practice the spiritual discipline of rescuing earthworms on paved surfaces. It's a reminder to me that I can pause what I'm doing, get a little dirty, and help. Also, that I've been given the responsibility to care.

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Your Roots Are Showing

The life that I bring to the world can only be found in my attachment to Christ. His presence with me is essential.

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Connection

I live in a U.S. county with traffic problems. It's a peninsula, and what's not swamp land has been developed. Building new roads is difficult and expensive. Making things worse, roads that could connect don't.

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Reality Has a Point

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ ⏤ Acts 26:14

We fight it. We ignore it. We escape it. We reimagine it. But reality wins in the end. Get that noise checked out. Fix the leak. Listen to your conscience. It's painful to kick against the pointy prod of truth.

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Your Inverted Frown

When you say something is ugly, I know you've seen beauty. When you use the word 'broken,' I know you have a concept of 'whole.' When you say something is evil, you're weighing the thing against goodness. And to hear you judge something false is also to hear that truth exists and can be known. Your longings and groanings tell me, "This is not right!"

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Coming to Know

When we think about knowing in terms of relationship rather than fact-gathering, we see that all knowing is coming to know. Knowing is an open-ended journey rich with discovery. Maybe this is why Eugene Peterson said, "There are no experts in the company of Jesus. We are all beginners." People who are coming to know are curious. They listen and observe and consider. They do so trusting there is more treasure to be mined.

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