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OUT OF THE DEPTHS (January 31, 2025)

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2025/01/30

“When I’m deep in a hole, lower a rope, not a shovel.”The last thing we need when we’ve dug ourselves profoundly into pain or confusion or sin is more of the same. Our best efforts got us there: our best efforts won’t deliver us. The pit only gets deeper—and so does our frustration. As Scripture says, “There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death” (Prov 14:12). Rescue only comes from above—from Someone who both sees our plight and can do something to change it. God’s

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NO JANUARY AUDIT (January 24, 2025)

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2025/01/23

It’s a scene played out 10 million times in the 30 days since Christmas: “You shouldn’t have . . .” “But I didn’t get you anything. . .” “I didn’t hear we were exchanging gifts . . .”A stranger from another planet might conclude that our annual Christmas gift-giving is actually an exquisite balancing act—designed to keep each party from feeling awkward for having received an unreciprocated gift. We desperately dislike the sense that accepting kindness creates an obligation we must rapidly

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GRACE BEFORE WE PRAY (January 17, 2025)

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2025/01/16

That impulse in our souls to pray—to find our knees; to stammer out the words—grows from an early, dim awareness of just how much we need the grace of God.We pray because we cannot fix our world or ourselves. We kneel because we’re powerless to heal sick children, pay the bills, or mend unhealthy marriages. We call out as we weep for all the clash between our living and God’s giving. And even that first impulse is itself a gift of grace: “For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but

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GRACE WILL LEAD US HOME (January 10, 2025)

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2025/01/09

Like all the stories Jesus told, this one comes very close to home.We justly celebrate the prodigal. He finds himself among the pigs, then soberly concludes that he should go back home. And we deplore that bitter brother whose body never left the farm, but whose hard heart had left the Father long ago. Unlike each other as they seem, both shared a common malady. Neither prized the love that gave them birth, that nurtured them 10,000 days, that waited—on the porch and at the table—to see if love

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UNRESOLVED (January 03, 2025)

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2025/01/02

The diet lasts a dozen days. The treadmill hasn’t spun 10 miles. The Bible sits where it was left, unopened and unsavored. We grieve the effortless unraveling of all the goals we wanted to achieve—to lose the weight; increase the steps; find hope and quiet in God’s Word. We are too close to dreams undone, to lofty visions gone awry. So how does God address our lack of grit and gratitude? “I will be faithful to you and make you Mine, and you will finally know Me as the Lord,” God says (Hosea

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LOVE CAME DOWN (December 27, 2024)

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2024/12/26

This painful year has made us clear on what we want for Christmas. Though Lexus and Mercedes-Benz are sure we want a gleaming ride with giant ribbons on the roof, we have no miles we want to drive. The ads all tease us with dark fantasies on Amazon or Netflix, but we still have our darkness to get through. The tech toys that we bought for sport have only one compelling use this year.We want each other more than gifts. We want the long and lingering embrace of two-year olds who won’t let go; the

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WHAT THE ANGEL REALLY SAID (December 20, 2024)

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2024/12/19

Ten thousand earnest Christmas pageants offer us some cherub child, dressed as an angel, stepping forth to utter words that sound well-nigh impossible.“Fear not,” he says, “for behold I bring you tidings of great joy.” (Luke 2:10). “Fear not?” we think, but never say. “Does God not know our real lives?” That declaration echoing through centuries has shaped how many think of God. We think He’s chiding us for being quite normally afraid of that which ought to terrify—a brilliant light; an

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AGAINST ALL ODDS (December 13, 2024)

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2024/12/12

It isn’t only doubters who bemoan the passing year.Believers also crouch against the onslaught of the news. Tragic wars that never end; the end of good and gentle folk; the dull monotony of pain that robs our midnight of its sleep. And one more baby, born into a world where thousands never see one week. But here we witness Heaven’s great surprise. In weakness was obscured great strength. That fragile child—He once threw galaxies around, and knows their numbers, range and size. The painful moment

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THE EAGERNESS OF LOVE (December 06, 2024)

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2024/12/05

An old regulation from the era when most people traveled by train included this puzzling requirement: “When two trains approach a crossing both shall stop, and neither shall go ahead until the other has passed by.”The long-ago rule is, of course, a prescription for neither movement nor change. But it sounds just like the ways we all behave when we find ourselves in conflict with someone: neither of us will move until the other has moved first. Nations face off with arsenals of bristling armaments;

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WITH GRATITUDE, BELIEVE (November 29, 2024)

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2024/11/29

It is likely the oldest question humanity has ever asked: “What must we do to perform the works of God?” And for millennia, honest, searching people have provided their own answers to the question. Magnificent temples and cathedrals have been built; exquisite liturgies have been composed; amazing acts of kindness have unfolded—all in the hope God would be pleased with the work, the toil, the effort, the prayers. But when the question was put to the One whom the Bible calls the Son of God, “Jesus

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HOPE TAKES FLIGHT (November 22, 2024)

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2024/11/21

“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.”The poet’s words from long ago ring true each dawn. It may be finches perching on the feeder; it might be pigeons cooing on some ledge; it could be sparrows clustered on an edge. But somehow, with the rising light, our spirits rise as we discover that God’s world is moving, warming, singing once again. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5). Against the midnight of our fears, we hear the Lover of

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GOOD NEWS ARRIVING (November 15, 2024)

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2024/11/14

We are not alone . . .Depending on how you see the universe, that thought could bring you comfort—or deep terror. If you view everything beyond your fence as threat, as something to be feared, you’ll spend your days defending only what you already have and what you’ve previously learned. But if, through grace, you can be open to a world where love and beauty grow and blossom, you will taste joy—the joy for which God made you. “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good

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WHEN GRACE FINDS YOU (November 08, 2024)

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2024/11/07

The mystery is that grace still finds us, hidden well beneath the cellar stairs—angry, broken, sinful, sad.When we’ve crawled into our painful cave to lick our wounds or plot revenge, we hear the footsteps on the stair. We hear the sound of Jesus’ gentle laughter: “You can stop being afraid now. All-y, all-y—yes—in free!” The games are finally over. When grace comes seeking you, there’s no more need to hide. What’s wounded starts to heal. Your past all gets forgiven. The lonely all get

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WITH OPEN HANDS (November 01, 2024)

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2024/10/31

Nothing in all the world is as wonderful as a gift.It may be the sunrise, wrapped in rose and gold, delivered to our eastern window. It may be the stick-figure drawing by a three year-old that bears the ribbon, “I love you, Mommy.” It may be the unexpected offer of the trip we’ve always dreamed of, to that place we sense has always been our home. Gifts make us conscious of the love beyond ourselves—the deep, rich kindness in the heart of God. “For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and

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GREATER THAN EXPECTED (October 25, 2024)

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2024/10/24

As four-year olds, we squabble over things we say that we deserve—first down the slide; the largest piece of chocolate cake; the undivided attention of our parents.At fourteen, we insist that we deserve at least what others have—a new smartphone; the latest gaming platform; a curfew later than our siblings. By 44, we vie for corner offices; subordinates who do our bidding; a happiness we assume is ours by right or through hard work. But in our hearts, we know the truth: we don’t want what our lives

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NOTHING WE DID (October 19, 2024)

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2024/10/17

Before we ever learn to speak or find some syllables of thought, we learn that how we’re loved depends on how we live.As infants, we adapted to what brought us comfort and attention. As teens, we found affection best by mimicking what offered hope of friendship. And though we’ve grown in years and size, we still build contracts meant to bring us love. The world teaches us that love comes with conditions. Just here the gospel shines so bright: “But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich

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BAPTIZE US ANEW (October 11, 2024)

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2024/10/10

Every day beside the Jordan, can you hear the “hallelujahs”? Can you hear the joy of angels in their vast, euphoric choir as you give your life—again—to Jesus and walk down into the water?Can you feel the hug of heaven as you leave your past behind you—leave your sins and all your merits, held by grace and grace alone? Can you hear the words cascading: “This one’s Mine, My lovely child, of whom I’m so greatly proud”? Do you sense the great affection of the Father who will not be turned away by

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THE GRACE THAT STAYS WITH US (October 04, 2024)

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2024/10/03

Grace is rarely just a moment; more often, a long season; and ideally, your forever reality.We focus on the moment when a person comes to faith in Christ as though that were the starting of the story: “I was saved at 6:14 p.m., on Sunday night, May 5.” But we at length discover how our eyes were truly opened—how the Spirit had been softening our hearts, erasing our old prejudices, and nudging us toward faith—all to bring about that moment of decision. All that God did was surely grace—before we

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A FRIENDLY SORT OF GRACE (September 27, 2024)

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2024/09/26

We search for friends with whom to share the deepest joys we know. Our happiness is multiplied by those who join our gladness.But friendship rests on more than witty fun or shared experience. We form a kind of covenant that pledges virtues we can’t naturally produce: “I’ll stay with you through hard times. I’ll hear you when you’re sad. I’ll walk with you in silence—when you need no extra words.” These are the qualities of grace—a grace we only learn by witnessing the love that comes from God. Left

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A BETTER IMAGE (September 20, 2024)

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2024/09/19

At least once a day, we want the truth about ourselves.Whether it’s that first, unflattering glimpse of pajamas and tousled hair, or that last, nervous glance in the office washroom before the big job interview, we rely on mirrors to give us unflinchingly honest reflections of what we really look like. A mirror that doesn’t reflect reality evokes laughter at a carnival or praises some vain fairytale character. God has a mirror too, and He offers it so we can learn the truth about our real

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