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Top Posts for 2014
In July 2014, I started the Beatitudes Blog to encourage people in emotional pain. Every brief post sheds light on the Beatitudes and invites readers to let the blessings flourish amid their suffering. Whether you have been following all along or...
The Wonder of Unlikely Witnesses: Sermon on Acts 1:6-14
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?” He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy...
The Authenticity of Birds (poem)
Birds do not deceive: They hungrily fly from limbs to feeders and back until, God- knows-why, they glide sunward and bank past trees to some interesting morsel or perch out of sight. Birds sing. Even hidden, they hide nothing except, perhaps, their death. No agendas....
Safe in the Hands of an Angry God: Reflection on Zephaniah 3:8-20
Therefore wait for me, says the Lord, for the day when I arise as a witness. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all the heat of my anger; for in the fire of my passion all the earth shall be consumed. At...
Salvation on the Shores of Chaos: Reflection on Exodus 14:10-15:1
As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back, and there were the Egyptians advancing on them. In great fear the Israelites cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the...
What Only a Broken Heart Can Know: Sermon on John 1:1-18
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the...
Wake Up With Augustine: A Sermon on Romans: 13:11-14
Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is already the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone; the day is near. Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor...
Mom Was Right
Living with some contradictions can bear much fruit. Let me share mine with you.
Interview With a Sycamore (poem)
Interview With a Sycamore J. Marshall Jenkins If the young sycamore, so open-armed in my yard, could answer, I would ask, “Do you yearn to reach higher, wider, spring greener with more leaves? In the fall, will you strive for color? In winter, will you strain strong...
Truth In the Wind: A Sermon on John 16:12-15
“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He...
Shell Work (poem)
Shell Work J. Marshall Jenkins From dark clouds built high on the horizon and breakers marching just below it at low tide, shells inevitably call your gaze down and near between crab holes and a jellyfish beached amid foam. The moon allows brief visits here....