Consider this a glass of water poured before a meeting begins, the one people reach for while the agenda is still face down. Drink it slowly. The chair I imagined would not stay put, and it throws shade in every direction. It followed me into politics, classrooms, churches and courtrooms, and wherever it went, Christ
What the Spirit grows, what the Spirit gives, and what we carry Welcome, fellow truth-seekers, to a two-part conversation. For this first pour, take down a teacup from the good china, the set that lived behind glass waiting for an occasion worthy of it. Hold it carefully, and then use it. The shade here is
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How the Spirit’s gifts take shape What the Spirit grows, what the Spirit gives, and what we carry The teapot is still warm from Part One, where we left the good dishes behind their glass and sorted what the Spirit grows, what the Spirit gives, and what we carry. This second pour is unadorned and
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Drink slowly of John 8, where a crowd hears Jesus and misreads him at once, and speculate with me on the truth that untangles us. The video below dramatizes a scene from John chapter eight. Jesus tells a crowd that he is going where they cannot follow, and they mistake him immediately, wondering aloud whether
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Hate is murder rehearsed in the heart that refuses to forgive. Some wine keeps too long. Consider this a flagon left sealed in the cellar, the way resentment keeps in a heart that will not forgive. We sip from the story of Cain, whose anger was left to age until it turned. The shade falls
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This one comes from the coffee urn at the back of the hall, the same urn that stands at receptions and visitations, poured into whatever mugs are closest. Sip it at the pace of a room where no one is rushing to leave. Allow me one caustic aside: we still love one another, we have
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“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people
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Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Text: Exodus 3:7-10 Carry this one in a canteen, the kind meant for a long road. We drink from Exodus 3, where God hears the cry of people in bondage and sends Moses. The barbs
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But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness! No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted
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Echoes of Love Welcome, fellow truth-seekers, to The Delicate Dance of Discourse, a two-part exploration brewed with the finest ingredients. In this first cup, we’ll savor the transformative power of love-driven discourse in “Echoes in the Kingdom of Love.” Think of it as a sip from history’s chalice, where the wisdom of past conversations mingles
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