Category Archives: STUFF JESUS DOES

Sowing in tears, reaping in joy…

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

If you can be devastated by someone else’s pain and loss, and yet stimulated to action at the same time, this story will do it. I read it in a coffee shop while wiping tears away. So, if you don’t … Continue reading →

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Losers make the best dancers

Posted on February 2, 2013 by

“You turned my mourning into dancing.” Psalm 30:11 Mourning is nonnegotiable. It can’t be avoided in any life fully lived. Mourning and grieving are identical twins, and when we’ve irretrievably lost something, the healthiest thing to do is grieve. Anyone … Continue reading →

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Half Seeing

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and … Continue reading →

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The Sermon in the Storm

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

The first three gospels record the story about how Jesus fell asleep in the storm-tossed boat while the disciples feared for their lives. “Don’t you care if we die?! Do something!” It occurred to me that after he quelled the … Continue reading →

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Their need is interrupting our blessing!

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him. Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” The … Continue reading →

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