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  • The Lord Spoke to Job in a Storm

    October 1, 2024 /

    My heart reaches out to the people in Western North Carolina.  The devastation is unlike anything I’ve seen.  I feel a deep emotional connection to the places that Helene has destroyed.  Even The Flowering Bridge of Lake Lure I wrote about in June (The Best Way to Cross to the Other Side) is gone.  It was one of the most cherished trips I made this year. 

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    September 15, 2024 /

    Can you imagine someone running for political office saying the same things Jesus said in the gospel (Mk 8:27-35)?  “Fellow Citizens.  Let me introduce my two-point plan to benefit all: (1) Deny yourself.  (2) Take up your cross.  Follow me!”  He or she is not going to get many votes.  Yet that is the two-point plan Jesus said to his disciples.  “"Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”

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    The cross of Jesus is the only way to make sense of the suffering we experience.

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