December 3, 2024

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Answering the Call

(cross posted from my studio newsletter, dated yesterday December 1) At 10:21 pm on Thanksgiving evening, as I was laying in bed (early for me) exhausted by so much, I heard my cell phone ringing. I looked at it, and was surprised to see that it was a very elderly woman–a repeat customer over many years–ringing my phone. “This is so odd,” I thought to myself. The woman, who is 93 years old, lives in another state. I had not...

Shock Value and Judges 19

I recently was listening through the book of Judges and a story I had not previously taken particular note of (imagine that, as you read on…) caught my attention for the first time. And a little further reading embedded some new facts into my mind for biblical stories and history. I think a valuable part of truly learning and remembering something is getting to retell it in your own words. I’m going to do that, knowing I may get a...