If you were with us last week when we began our current trek with Jesus, you might recall that He was making His way to Jerusalem for Passover. He was accompanied by a Continue reading
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Dealing with Uncertain Certainties, Part 1 ~ Adjusting Expectations
I’ve been working on balance issues lately. After six total joint replacements and some related complications, a few body parts have Continue reading
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Tax Relief Done God’s Way, Part 2 ~ Redemption’s Rebates
A brief look over our shoulder may be helpful in beginning today’s post as we pick up where we left off last week with the story of Jesus and a tax collector in Luke 19:1-7.
In Part 1 of our current series, we had Continue reading
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Tagged Forgiveness, Gallagher's Pen, Redemption, Redemption's Rebates, Right Side Up Thinking in an Upside Down World, Ron Gallagher, Tax Relief Done God's Way, Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
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Tax Relief Done God’s Way, Part 1 ~ A Publican Up a Tree
Well, it’s that time of year again. Signs heralding the arrival of Springtime have been gradually increasing for weeks. The weather is at least trying to get warmer (although there seems to be a Continue reading
Resurrection Sunday ~ Bringing Goodness Back to Life
Easter 2024 arrives at a time when it seems like evil has been granted an open invitation to invade our lives in one way or another every moment of every day. Grief, loss, pain, suffering, anger, and fear have grown to Continue reading
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Unidentified and Uninvited, Yet Unforgettable, Part 3 ~ A ‘Nobody’ Challenges Everybody
For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been exploring an incident in Jesus’ ministry recorded in Luke’s Gospel (Luke 7:36-50). A Pharisee named Simon had invited Jesus to dinner, which, in those days, was a semi-public event. As we saw in our previous posts, things didn’t Continue reading
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