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Inappropriate Zeal

I don’t think I’m going to even get past this fist verse for Sunday. The phrase “seize him and make him king” just keeps tripping me up. I’m sorting through what motivated the crowds, what they’re intent was, in part to get at Melody’s question about where they went. It’s hard to sustain a mob [...]

Seize Him and Make Him King

I’m preaching this Sunday, and working my way through John 6. Doug spoke about the feeding of the 5 thousand last week, so I’m picking up the story at the Walking on Water section.
As a keep reading through this, the last verse of the feed 5,000 section sticks in my head:
Then Jesus, because he knew [...]

Fellow Travellers In The Valley of The Shadow

He who goes by Bill Metanoya emailed me the other day and told me that he was going to hold his breath until I blogged again, that he needed a fix.  I can only hope that he was bluffing.  If not, my most sincere apologies to Becky and Larissa. 
Here’s my blog.  Take a deep breath, [...]

On Breathing In

Come, children of dust and breath
Be reminded in this place, at this time
of the breath that fills your lungs
echoes of the first breath
God’s crowning glory
And Raba’s frustration
That we, partaking in the image
Breathe in

1 Million Downloads

Sometime over the past week, The Bible Podcast received its 1 millionth episode download. Over the past 2 years, 1 million podcasts have been downloaded and listened to.