Good morning! May you create time to be with those you love today. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing
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The #OldGal has yet to report on this Friday. I think that she’s going to be a tough out today! Team #YoungPups is going to have to bring it.
Good morning! May you know joy today. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing
As I look back on the three temptations, I see that Satan proposed an enticing improvement. He tempted Jesus toward the good parts of being human without the bad: to savor the taste of bread without being subject to the fixed rules of hunger and of agriculture, to confront risk with no real danger, to enjoy fame and power without the prospect of painful rejection—in short, to wear a crown but not a cross.
From: The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey 📚
As I continue to consider this, I am confronted with my own desire to wear a crown and not a cross.
HIdden Faults https://thekjd.net/2024/02/29/hidden-faults.html
I am so excited to head to St Louis by way of Indianapolis today. This weekend we get to watch our son play baseball and on our way down we get to spend the evening with a dear friend.
Life is good!
Leap Day? Sure. But I’m not leaping over the lift today!
Good morning! May your extra day be filled with it love, joy, and laughter. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing
In Jesus, God found a way of relating to human beings that did not involve fear.
From: The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey 📚
I think this might be one of the most significant and under appreciated aspects of the personhood of Jesus. If we are leveraging fear with regards to Jesus then we have missed a central piece of the gospel story.
You Will Be My People https://thekjd.net/2024/02/28/you-will-be.html
Good morning! May you know your worth is not tied to “productivity” but your worth is inherent. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing
My first batch of emails went out via micro.blog today and they look fantastic!
This is the product I’ve been looking for. I’m grateful to the dev team for creating this space.
Does anyone even stand a chance against the Los Angeles Dodgers this season?
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey 📚
The virgin Mary, though, whose parenthood was unplanned, had a different response. She heard the angel out, pondered the repercussions, and replied, “I am the Lord’s servant. May it be to me as you have said.” Often a work of God comes with two edges, great joy and great pain, and in that matter-of-fact response Mary embraced both.
It strikes me how I often think if I’m really doing what God called me to do it will be all joy. But, it’s not. It’s both/and, great joy and great pain.
Disentangling Faith From Party Politics https://danielmrose.com/2024/02/27/disentangling-faith-from.html
Faith and Trust https://thekjd.net/2024/02/27/faith-and-trust.html
Good morning! May you do what you love today. #MorningMug #MorningBlessing!
I’m hoping to get a new installment of Disentangling Faith out today.
“I am impressed that when the Son of God became a human being he played by the rules, harsh rules: small towns do not treat kindly young boys who grow up with questionable paternity.” - From: The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey 📚
I hadn’t thought of this, have you? The idea of Jesus growing up in a sm... danielmrose.com https://danielmrose.com/2024/02/26/i-am-impressed.html
I just got thekjd.net set up on micro.blog! I’m so pumped. The Knee Jerk Devotional is officially on it’s own site with it’s own email subscription list! You can also follow it’s dedicated RSS: thekjd.net/feed
Because it’s on micro.blog it will show up on all the channels autmagically too.