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Poggin: starting over
For the past eight or nine years, I’ve been using various iterations of software that I built for church use. It began as a quick and easy way to get lyrics on a screen without having to create a PowerPoint (that’s what many used at the time) and evolved into a database backed library of…
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Sharing the gospel.
I was recently engaged in what many would consider an “evangelistic” conversation” — one where I was speaking with another about the faith, life, belonging, and our common human condition. Our meet came about by chance. She describes herself as an “agnostic,” but is curious about life and what gives life meaning. I’m reflecting here…
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Faith foundations
Earlier this week I was reading the Sermon on the Mount as part of the M’Cheyne plan. There’s a passage in the Sermon on the Mount that has always haunted me, and it again gave me pause. In Matthew 7:21-21, it says: 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of…
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Held in high esteem
I was reading through Acts 5 today (M’Cheyne) and honed in on the latter half of the chapter where the apostles were going around doing “many signs and wonders,” thrown in jail by the religious leaders, freed by a messenger, and teaching again in the temple. Throughout this narrative, I noted that the people “held…
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Word Study: Naked H6174 and H5903
New year means a restart of a bible reading plan. I’ve never written in a public space any reflections/discoveries/curiosities that come from my reading plans but maybe I’ll share more this year. Naked and nakedness Today in M’Cheyne I was reading Genesis 2 and 3 (chapter 3 is tomorrow but I figured I just read…
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It’s 2024
I have never waited so eagerly for the mark of a fresh start. To be clear, I didn’t actually finish all the things I wanted to finish and “leave” in 2023… I’ll still be attempting to wrap those up in January, but the thought of newness is appealing still. This year I turn 40. I…
