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Jack Frost Lives in Africa (Uganda Day 6 & 7)
On Wednesday morning we prepared to shift from Kampala to Jinja. Our driver arrived and took us a different route out of the Kampala than I had experienced before. It was good to miss the ubiquitous “jams” that plague the … Continue reading
Uganda Day 3
Today was an early day. I had a short and restless night’s sleep (no jet lag, just late to bed, a lot of noise and an unfamiliar place). I needed to be sharp for today’s activities so I did my … Continue reading
Posted in International Travel
Tagged church, community, goodness, grace, poverty, purpose, Uganda
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Zero Pressure
Every winter we give thanks to God for the extra refrigerator space. As the outside temperature drops to near or below freezing, remaining consistently cold for weeks on end, the little deck outside our home becomes our extra cold storage … Continue reading
Dink, Dink
Dink, dink: the unmistakable sound of emptiness at the bottom of the consumed pot as the ladle is pressed down for one more drought. Oh, if only I knew how to spell the scraping sound of hope as that same … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Current Events, Devotional
Tagged Bible Study, christianity, community, grace, new year, obedience
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Building Barnes
Barnes is skin-bone. His rib-revealing torso rests precariously on spindle legs and feet too small to traverse the shadow of his balding head. How Barnes got to be in this pitiable shape seems to be a mystery. It is a … Continue reading
The Other Communion
There is a great calamity perpetrated weekly at many, if not most, churches. Unfortunately this terrible practice is actually supposed to reflect the truth of the complete opposite of much of our modern “Christian” reality. What has infected the Church? The increasingly empty practice of … Continue reading
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