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Too Late to Fail
Today is a trying day, and it has only just begun. Even my awakening dream was troubled, as I was being arrested for a vacuum cleaner parking infraction. Some days you wonder if there was a global meeting to pick a whipping boy for the day…and your name came up. Though these burdens are frustrating…
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All Three Meanings
As my pastor was discussing the Great Commission last Sunday, it occurred to me that there are two types of nouns and one verb for this single word. “Commission” can be a body of people tasked to the same work as a group. “Commission” can be an engagement of work specifically requested of an artisan,…
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My Challenge
Approximately ten years ago, I began a small email devotional in our church, called “Anacrusis.” Music students know that “anacrusis” is the Italian term for a “pickup note” that starts a musical line. I thought then that people need this: a note of encouragement for running the race we are called to complete. Now, God…