In which there is a good judge-y-ness and a bad judge-y-ness

March 25, 2011

James 2:4 “have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil designs?” The story in a nutshell: Rich guy and poor guy both arrive at a 1st century gathering of believers. Rich guy gets first class treatment – poor guy gets kicked to the curb. (the full story is here and here) […]

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In which we have the backdrop to the rich man / poor man story

March 24, 2011

Yesterday was my Easter poem – I heart that poem (here). And Monday was “thank you God” day (here). But sandwiched in there was a sad two part story about a 1st century Christian baker. (here and here). Now I want share with you how I didn’t just make it all up out of thin […]

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In which we gain by letting go

March 23, 2011

Today I’m linking with Ann Voskamp and many other of God’s own and walking with Our Lord toward Easter, and considering: The Practice of Letting Go Holding fast to misconception, some would never know the kingdom unexpected is received by letting go following You, like bees to flower but no ears to hear only ears […]

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In which we have a disastrous dinner

March 22, 2011

This is part two of the story – if you haven’t read part one – you really need to for this to have it’s true impact. (it’s here) …The baker begins the blessing “In the name of Our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ…” But suddenly there’s commotion. A slave has come and whispered in […]

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In which I say more thank you’s to God (141-157)

March 21, 2011

… giving thanks always and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father. (Eph 5:20) Mondays are now for Gratitude. Linking today with Ann’s Thank You God… #141 … for this thorn embedded in my side. (here). It weighs heavy and leaden this day. #142 … not for how […]

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In which there is an “Agape” feast – a love feast

March 18, 2011

The setting: Think mid first century. Think bottom floor of a Roman Insulae. This is where hanging out in Philippi like we’ve been is going to serve us really well. If anyone needs refreshing on what an insula is you can find it here and here. It’s owned by a fairly wealthy church member. It’s […]

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In which we finish our tour of Philippi

March 17, 2011

Most of our tour of Philippi is done. We’ve met the people, seen where our poverty stricken Philippian church lived, wandered the streets, and marveled at the ornate State owned buildings. We were last seen in the Palaestra. This picture is of the Palaestra in Pompeii. Now, if you haven’t missed any of the tour […]

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In which there is one “letting go” that really counts

March 16, 2011

Today I’m linking with Ann Voskamp and many other of God’s own and walking with Our Lord towards Easter, and considering: The Practice of Letting Go I began writing these “letting go” thoughts and all of the thoughts were centering on me. But looking to all the events leading up to that day on the […]

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In which we enter the Philippian Downtown “Agora”

March 15, 2011

Oooh. Before we go one step further in the tour – here’s a satellite shot of the city!! So far we have hiked our way to Philippi, entered the gates, and seen the pretty amphitheater (here), hung out in the poor part of town (here, here, here, here and here), told the story of a […]

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In which we walk to downtown Philippi

March 14, 2011

We’ve been in Philippi a little while now but we haven’t gone very far into the city. We walked in the city gate, glanced to the right, and stopped right there in the not so nice city “apartments”. The tour of Philippi began here in case you missed any. Today the tour of the city […]

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