Tis the season?
Yesterday I watched a stewardess aboard my flight melt when I said the words “Merry Christmas†to her as I exited the plane. You know how they stand there as you leave – giving the obligatory “have a nice dayâ€â€™ and “thanks for flying with usâ€. Well this woman gave me a “Have a great holiday!â€. And for me, it was a missing letter that caused me to speak. Normally I would have nodded and continued on my way, but because she was very specific in her...
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I came across this quote from Donald Miller: “I can’t imagine what would happen if every Christian felt it incumbent upon themselves to worship Christ through serving the poor and oppressed, and reaching out to the marginalized. More and more this has become religion to me. Not that reading the Psalms under a flickering candle isn’t beautiful, but faith should find action quick.” So what would happen if Christians stopped talking and started acting? What if we took the words of Jesus...
Read MoreUpdate: Ang Johnson
An email I received this morning concerning Ang… Hi Guys, I just talked to Angela and she is praising the Lord. She is feeling much better and went home around 11:00 today. She slept great last night and is starting to keep food down. All this to say that this last bout with all the ickyness was probably side effects from one of the antibiotics used to treat her infection. She has been off of it for 48 hours now and she feels much better. She asked for prayer because, since the last antibiotic caused...
Read MoreAngela Johnson
Hey all, Angela Johnson – wife of Cliff Johnson who is a member of the Board of Directors for Consumed – has been having some health problems as of recently. Over the past week or so she has been admitted to the hospital, released after a few days, and then admitted again yesterday. She has an infection in her body that’s causing problems in her kidney that was transplanted. They have put her back on IV antibiotics because her white blood cell count has creeped up. The plan right now is to...
Read MoreDeuteronomy?
I’m reading in Deuteronomy this morning. Not the typical place you think you are going to find nuggets of truth to boost your spiritual journey. But I came across this: “Know this: God, your God, is God indeed, a God you can depend upon.” Three obvious revelations from the Holy Spirit today that are continuing to work me over. Not the most insightful stuff in the world, but if you are like me, I need these basic reminders. 1. God is my God. He is not just the God of Moses, Joshua, David,...
Read Moreseeing as if in a mirror…
A member of our Consumed staff – Abby Amos – sent an email to the rest of us tonight concerning her grandfather. I asked her for permission to post it here – she consented, and therefore I will. It is as follows: my dear MN family members, my heart is grieved. it’s ironic to me how many different forms of grief there are. grief over heart break. grief over a wayward brother. grief over moving to a different state, starting a different life. grief over a human life created out of wed...
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