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The Things of the World
“Do your best to come to me soon, for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful in my ministry. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.” (2 Timothy 4:9-13) Look at the contrast here. Demas is in love with the present world and so he has left the ministry. However, in the next breath Paul requests physical possessions —…
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“Soon”
I wrote this poem for Easter 2010. “Soon” By Christine Taylor (March 2010) Tonight Jesus prays in the Garden. The Last Supper things are put away Passover is past In Gethsemane, disciples are sleeping and their Lord is alone. And He will stay that way. In the next few hours He will face torment and death — Alone. Soon, soon He will surge up from the cold stone Unwind the corpse wrappings Kick down the big rock they thought would stop Him – Soon. But not tonight. Tonight is the alone time The desperate prayer time The sweating-blood time With “Let this cup pass from me!” “… but oh my…
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Updating
I’m going to start updating the site again! I’m actively teaching but haven’t been uploading my stuff to the site. Part of the reason is I’m pursuing my doctorate of ministry and am busy with the writing phase of that degree. But I felt a strong shove from God this morning to write again for the blog. And heh, when the Creator of the Universe shoves you, you’d best hop to it!