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The Weight of a Good Catch (opens the original)
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Simon has fished all night on the Lake of Gennesaret and caught nothing. By morning he and his crew are on the shore washing their nets, the dull work that follows a failed shift. A crowd presses in on a teacher from Nazareth, who steps into Simon’s boat, asks him to push off a little, and teaches from the water. When he finishes, he tells Simon to row out into deep water and let the nets down again.Simon answers like a tired professional. “We’ve worked all night long but didn’t catch anything.”
The Downward Gospel (opens the original)
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The Downward GospelJesus Brings Good News to the PoorA few weeks ago, Stephen Wolfe posted about Tim Keller.Wolfe said Keller “made the gospel a tool for earthly politics, directing it downward.”¹Wolfe meant it as a criticism. The problem is, Jesus aimed the gospel downward on purpose in his very first sermon.Good News to the PoorHere’s the scene.Jesus goes back to his hometown, Nazareth. It’s Saturday, so he goes to the synagogue. Someone hands him the scroll of Isaiah. He unrolls it, finds his
Field Notes 002 (opens the original)
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Each month, I gather notes from conversations I have with organizational leaders - civic, marketplace, nonprofit, and religious - and look for patterns of belief and behavior, relationships, and reactivity that shape the interior life of leaders.This month, I’m paying attention to leaders' tendency to take back work they’ve intentionally handed off to someone else. Take a look and see if you notice yourself in what follows.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplas
The Reasons We Resist (opens the original)
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Paul had been teaching in Ephesus for about two years, and by the time Luke picks the story back up, the good news that Jesus is the Saving King has reached the marketplace. Demetrius is a silversmith. He makes silver shrines of Artemis, and in a city built around that temple the work is steady, and the money is good.Before he says anything to the city, he calls a meeting of his own. He gathers the artisans and the workers in the same trade, and what he says is plain. “Men, you know that we get
Hearing Jesus When You’ve Never Heard Him Out Loud (opens the original)
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Here’s a discipleship question: I want to listen to Jesus and do what he says. How do I know when it is his voice? Some people say they hear him audibly, and I have never heard him like that. Some people describe his voice as mostly confrontation, and others describe it as mostly comfort. I want to follow Jesus, and I am confused and stuck.What the confusion costsYou’ve worshipped loud. You’ve read the books. You’ve tried the practices. You’ve sat in a quiet room for twenty minutes and heard the
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