by Jeremy | Apr 29, 2022 | Sabbath Thoughts
We forget that, sometimes. It’s easy to think of growth as visible, obvious, easy to point to and say, “There it is.” But it’s not. We see the fruits of growth in others. The byproducts. We don’t see the actual growth, because...
by Jeremy | Apr 8, 2022 | Sabbath Thoughts
Before we say goodnight to Prim, Mary and I take turns every evening to sit beside her and have “chat time.” For about 10 minutes, one of us hangs out in her room and talks about—well, whatever her three-year-old mind feels like talking about. Sometimes we...
by Jeremy | Mar 25, 2022 | Sabbath Thoughts
James doesn’t have a lot of nice things to say about the tongue. He focuses on its destructive capabilities, calling it “a fire, a world of iniquity” that “defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by...
by Jeremy | Mar 18, 2022 | Sabbath Thoughts
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your...
by Jeremy | Mar 11, 2022 | Sabbath Thoughts
People talk a lot about “being your best self” and “doing your best work.” Those are, in a lot of ways, ideas I can get behind. Solomon said, “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or...
