In the story Jesus told about the prodigal son, from Luke 15, the father let the son go. The father did not run after him, begging him to stay. The father didn’t send envoys to the tavern to bring him home. There’s no indication of an entreating letter. But when the boy returned, the father …
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The Strength We Have
“Then the Lord turned to him (Gideon) and said, “Go with the strength you have and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!” "“But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!” Judges …
Lasting Beauty
For many years, the entry to our bungalow was a door comprised of scraps of redwood. My craftsman husband had built a redwood strip canoe, leaving leftover narrow pieces. On the jobsite of architecturally designed houses as an electrician, he’d also gathered pieces of 1 x 4 redwood lumber. Putting them together, we designed an …