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COMPANIONS
A Sabbath Meditation I’ve grown old without ever meaning to. The years have slipped by, and now in this new passage of life, companionship has become precious. Perhaps I’m brought to these thoughts because an old friend recently died, a companion from childhood. At his graveside service, I read and reflected on Psalm 23. The middle…
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WHO NEEDS CHURCH?
Early in my time as lead pastor of a congregation I served for more than thirty years, I happened on a comment from Eugene Peterson, almost always a wise commentator on the role of the pastor. Peterson mentioned that he was an avid reader of the poetry of Wendell Berry and that wherever Berry mentioned…