Love in Common
We need common ground and we need someone else to set it for us....
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We need common ground and we need someone else to set it for us....
Keep ReadingOur valuation of love can vary as widely as our definitions of it....
Keep ReadingThe Pharisees look at the individual behavior and not the system behind it. They ask about the disciples’ activity and not their poverty....
Keep ReadingSabbath often brings collisions between our values. What do we do when our values collide?...
Keep ReadingRest requires effort. Rest is not passive. Rest is active and rewarding. And when our restless souls find their rest in God, we thrive....
Keep ReadingFrom God’s initial creative work in the universe work and rest are intertwined....
Keep ReadingThe Lord provided non-condescending support, guidance, and structure in the Sabbath...
Keep ReadingSlaves work day-in and day-out. They have no rest from their labors. But our heavenly Father wants to give us good, good rest....
Keep ReadingOur reasons for rest reach back to the ground of creation and the dawn of time. ...
Keep ReadingIn times of restlessness, the knowledge that the Lord is real and really loves us changes everything....
Keep ReadingSome of our restlessness is fueled by our surprise that troubles show up in our lives....
Keep ReadingWe are at our most realistic when we realize his realness and reallocate our attention accordingly....
Keep ReadingFear can drive restlessness....
Keep ReadingThe same Lord who gives shelter and security and sleep also gives support to those who dream the dreams he so generously gives....
Keep ReadingEvery night when you drift off to sleep, you have a powerful reminder that you are loved by God....
Keep ReadingThere’s almost always more work to do than can ever be done....
Keep ReadingThe Lord’s will is not bound to ours as if he’s a marionette being pulled by the strings of our activity....
Keep ReadingIf we think we’re in it all on our own or that our effort is the only effort that matters, when will we ever rest?...
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