Shaun Groves
While brother and cousin played flag football, my youngest shivered on the sidelines. Her cousin, Sosy, struggled to get too-much-coat on. View Post
Two Girls & One Coat
Archive Tag: community
Friends & Fans. Redefining The Relationship.
I probably won’t take a day off so I can walk you through a very bad day face-to-face. I probably won’t call you for help when the water heater goes out at my house and I’m 600 miles away on a bus. If I get depressed I won’t confide in… Read More
How To Make Peace
I spent some much needed time in the book of James this morning reminding myself how peace is broken and made. Yesterday, my oldest and youngest got into a spat. The oldest hates conflict and will do anything to make it stop. And she did. She gave in to the… Read More
Humor Me
David Augsburger is an Anabaptist minister and author teaching at Fuller Seminary. He’s written on such subjects as confrontation, violence and prejudice, about forgiveness and biblical counseling. But my favorite book of his is Dissident Discipleship; about how to follow Jesus in community – it can’t be done alone, he… Read More
Two Things The Best Friends Say
I’m feeling a little sappy this morning, I admit. I spent the weekend with my friend Tracy in North Carolina, who substitute road managed me while my friend Ben was on vacation. I missed Ben but we caught up this morning via e-mail. I spent yesterday hanging out doing a… Read More
All For All
You know the story. A young ruler asked Jesus, “What do I have to do to live forever?” Jesus asked, “You know the laws right?” And the guy said, “Know ’em? I’ve kept them all. Since I was a kid.” Jesus said, “Then there’s only one thing left to do:… Read More