The enemy's work (his goal) isn't creating pain, it's creating distance. And toward his goal of creating distance–between us and God and us and each other–he can use pain or pleasure, (and for that matter, failure or success) equally.

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With Jesus, sit with your sorrow and let loss do its eternal work in your soul.

The family had a wonderful meal at ⁦⁦Fixins Soul Kitchen⁩ The owner, NBA all-star and former Sacramento Mayor, ⁦Kevin Johnson⁩ made it extra special. The fried chicken, mac and cheese, grits, collard greens, and banana pudding take you back home.

Think about!

Three metaphors from Jesus for his disciples' presence, and therefore influence, in the world: yeast, salt, light. Yeast = invisible, tasteless Salt = invisible but taste-able Light = visible and inescapable We need all three, in every cultural context.

This here will start your morning off right

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This remains one of the most accurate political cartoons I have ever seen. A small ruling class maintains power and control by creating a scapegoat to keep the middle and working classes distracted and divided. The only way out is to see through the lies and stand in solidarity.

"The price of cowardice will only be evil; we shall reap courage and victory only when we dare to make sacrifices." Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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