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June 13
Day 91: Priorities In a conversation this week, I heard again the familiar priority list. Most churched people around North America (maybe more so in the midwest?) might nod approvingly to "God, Family, Church." In that order. (I suppose 'America' fits in somewhere.) Not Alaskans. We're a peculiar breed. Our priority list sounds more like, […]
June 12
Day 90: Faith Sustained We western world Christians do well with the long term faith perspective. We're pretty good at holding the confidence that someday the Lord will return, set everything right, and our world (including us) will be renewed and restored to its original design. For eternity. However, I would propose that we same […]
June 11
Day 89: Social Commentary Reading Isaiah 59 this morning felt like reading a news feed. After stating that "the Lord's hand is not too short to reach down, nor His ear unable to hear and respond," it then goes into some rather harsh commentary. Right from the get-go the thought is "Your iniquities have made […]
June 10
Day 88: Bullet Points Our elders and elder candidates took our weekly walk together this morning. Somehow, a moving meeting suits me. We talk. We pray. And we get our steps in. But the mood between us was somber. None of us slept particularly well the night before. We're all tired of trying to do […]