Category: Reflection
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The Parable of the Purple Flowers
One day, when it was finally cooler outside, a homeowner went out to mow. With the upbeat pop-rock of U2 to accompany her, she had mowed the front yard, battled the fairly steep “hill of death,” took a brief but tremendously tedious interlude to pull invasive English Ivy, and was nearly finished mowing the backyard…
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“Follow Me” (Matthew 16:24-28)
Jesus told his disciples,“My followersdeny themselves,take up their cross,follow me.Truly I tell you,taste death…see the Son of Mancoming in his kingdom.” While praying my daily lectio divina practice with Matthew 16:24-28, the words that caught my attention were “will not taste death.” As I sat with those words for a little while and entered into…
Journeying Together 