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Applesauce and the #s of Ministry
Yesterday I was making some apple sauce. I mean I was making it good and plenty. I was peeling and coring and boiling and trying not to spill as I poured it into jars. I was so engaged in it. A kid was there helping me, counting apples, moving apples around. I was excited. There might as well have been two kids making apple sauce (except, of course, we actually succeeded in making sauce in a way no two kids…
Some People Will Wash Each Other’s Feet and Others Will Go Skiing
As a parent of young children I have known quite a few people, church-goers and non-church-goers, who have had questions about how to handle the big holidays on our calendars. Thanksgiving is relatively easy, as is Valentine’s day; but for Christians and non-Christians what to make of Christmas and Easter? Easter is fast approaching and bunnies are apparently magically dropping chocolate deuces all around. Some kids are about to get presents, seemingly everyone is about to get a bit of…