Today I spent several hours on a mountain trail—something I haven’t done in years. It took little time for me to realize I am not the same person who used to run up such trails. I was on a …
Some Thoughts on Christian Patriotism
Every year at this time I find myself experiencing concern at what I see around me. This year I’m going to post this and invite all manner of judgment and condemnation onto myselfJ. I do this with …
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The King and I
In the past few years God has been working in me. Well, that’s not news—he works in anyone who belongs to him. But recently, he has brought me to what I can only describe as an entirely different …
Today I did not get hit by a truck.
This morning I did not get hit by a truck. And my legs hurt. And that’s a good thing. Please understand, in true southern Californian style I commute, sometimes more than once daily, on one of the …
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Please don’t shoot me.
I ask that no one shoot me after reading this. I am not a Republican. I am not a Democrat. I am, in fact, barely an American, because I believe we who belong to Jesus are literally citizens of His …
Wounded animals
A conversation with one of our pastoral staff reminded me of an incident when I was 11 years old. I was walking along a county road when a very large, snarling, drooling, blood thirsty German …