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Is accountability disobedient to Jesus? – Holding others accountable, Part 1

I have an app on my laptop and phone called Ever Accountable.  It’s there to monitor everything I do online.  It is watching me.  I can’t see it, of course, but I know it is there because I installed it.  It’s not perfect.  It doesn’t have God-like abilities to know everything.  But it’s good enough. Continue reading “Is accountability disobedient to Jesus? – Holding others accountable, Part 1”

God’s surprising role as judge – Advent Psalm of Celebration, Part 5

At the conclusion of Psalm 98, a psalm of joyous celebration, suddenly, all the joy and praise and glory seems to stop.  Notice how the psalm concludes in verse 9b, “For he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.” Judge?  What a different tone.  WhatContinue reading “God’s surprising role as judge – Advent Psalm of Celebration, Part 5”

Hope in the middle of a nightmare – Ezekiel 8, 9 and 10, Part 3

I am person who dreams almost every night during sleep. How about you? Over the years I’ve had some freakish nightmares. Sometimes they are recurring, going night after night. Others will be one-off dreams that never recur. I also have settings like the home we lived in years ago, or my church’s building, or theContinue reading “Hope in the middle of a nightmare – Ezekiel 8, 9 and 10, Part 3”