For the person carrying an inherited prayer they have never passed on: Paul traces a faith through a grandmother and a mother by name, and a rhythm kept in your body is not nostalgia, it is a handover waiting to happen.
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Messages
Philippians 1:6
Becoming, Slowly
Day Thirty-One
Philippians 1:6
Isaiah 40:31
Long Enough To Change
Before She Needs Him
Isaiah 40:31
Job 12:7-9
It Was Beautiful
The Morning the Arguing Stopped
Job 12:7-9
1 John 3:2
Becoming, Slowly
My Father's Laugh
1 John 3:2
Genesis 28:16-17
It Was Beautiful
In Out of the Rain
Genesis 28:16-17
Psalm 136:1-3
The Same Words Again
Twenty-Six Times, On Purpose
Psalm 136:1-3
Romans 5:3-4
Long Enough To Change
Two Summers of Digging
Romans 5:3-4
2 Timothy 1:5
The Same Words Again
Still In Her Rhythm
2 Timothy 1:5
Romans 1:20
Through, Not At
I Talk to the Room When I Pass It
Romans 1:20
Hebrews 6:12
Long Enough To Change
Seven Years of Scaffolding
Hebrews 6:12
2 Corinthians 3:18
Through, Not At
The Window and the Light Behind It
2 Corinthians 3:18
Zephaniah 3:17
It Was Beautiful
The Song That Still Takes Your Legs
Zephaniah 3:17
Exodus 3:5
Through, Not At
The Tile My Grandfather Laid
Exodus 3:5
Joshua 4:6-7
The Same Words Again
The Same Eleven Words Since 1974
Joshua 4:6-7
John 13:17
Fewer Words
The Twelve-Week Course
John 13:17
Romans 8:26
Larger Than My Words
Too Large For The Sentence
Romans 8:26
Psalm 27:4
It Was Beautiful
Blue Light on the Stone Floor
Psalm 27:4
2 Corinthians 12:2-4
Larger Than My Words
The Thing I Have Never Been Able to Say
2 Corinthians 12:2-4
Luke 6:47-48
Fewer Words
The Recipe Box
Luke 6:47-48
John 12:32
Through, Not At
Praying At It or Through It
John 12:32
Psalm 19:1-3
It Was Beautiful
Thirty Years of Proving It
Psalm 19:1-3
Matthew 11:29-30
Long Enough To Change
The Pace I Give Everybody Else
Matthew 11:29-30
Genesis 29:20
Becoming, Slowly
Seven Years That Seemed Like Days
Genesis 29:20
Hebrews 13:2
Fewer Words
Ninety Pages on Hospitality
Hebrews 13:2
Judges 13:17-18
Larger Than My Words
Why Do You Ask My Name
Judges 13:17-18
Matthew 7:24
Fewer Words
The Roof I Promised in April
Matthew 7:24
Philippians 1:6
Long Enough To Change
Do Not Dig It Up to Measure It
Philippians 1:6
James 1:22
Fewer Words
Six Open Books and One Unmade Apology
James 1:22
Psalm 136:1
The Same Words Again
The Prayer That Waited for Me
Psalm 136:1
Deuteronomy 8:2
Long Enough To Change
Forty Years and Four Weeks
Deuteronomy 8:2
2 Corinthians 4:6
Through, Not At
The Light Went Through the Glass
2 Corinthians 4:6
Deuteronomy 30:14
Fewer Words
Twenty-Two Commentaries on One Verse
Deuteronomy 30:14
Psalm 92:12-14
Becoming, Slowly
Eleven Years of the Same Fence
Psalm 92:12-14
Exodus 31:3
It Was Beautiful
Four Days Deciding Whether It Counted
Exodus 31:3
1 Timothy 4:15
Becoming, Slowly
Flawless at Eleven, Gone at Five
1 Timothy 4:15
Numbers 6:24-26
The Same Words Again
Nine Years of the Same Blessing
Numbers 6:24-26
Job 11:7-9
Larger Than My Words
Describing the Ocean
Job 11:7-9
Mark 4:26-28
Becoming, Slowly
Four Seconds Nobody Can See
Mark 4:26-28
Mark 9:24
The Same Words Again
The Line I Have Started Not To Mean
Mark 9:24
James 1:22
Fewer Words
Nineteen Saved Posts
James 1:22
Psalm 27:4
It Was Beautiful
Beauty Is A Reason
Psalm 27:4
1 Corinthians 13:12
Larger Than My Words
Sounding Like a Brochure
1 Corinthians 13:12
Luke 2:15-16
Through, Not At
Where To Put My Eyes
Luke 2:15-16
Romans 8:26
Larger Than My Words
Eight Sentences and None of Them Fit
Romans 8:26
John 15:4-5
Becoming, Slowly
Nothing New to Report
John 15:4-5
Psalm 145:3
Larger Than My Words
The Drive Home After the Testimony
Psalm 145:3
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
Becoming, Slowly
You Cannot See It Working
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
Romans 11:33-36; Exodus 3:13-14
Larger Than My Words
The Sentence With No Period
Romans 11:33-36; Exodus 3:13-14
Lamentations 3:22-23
The Same Words Again
I Needed Them To Be New
Lamentations 3:22-23
James 1:22
Fewer Words
One Thing, Done
James 1:22
Hebrews 12:2
Through, Not At
Six Years Without Looking Up
Hebrews 12:2
2 Corinthians 3:18
Becoming, Slowly
Slow Is Not Stalled
2 Corinthians 3:18
Psalm 90:12
Long Enough To Change
Different By Forty
Psalm 90:12
Psalm 84:1-2
Through, Not At
A Photograph I Open Too Often
Psalm 84:1-2
2 Corinthians 4:16
Becoming, Slowly
Ninety Years of Coral
2 Corinthians 4:16
Job 42:3
Larger Than My Words
The Guest Who Asked a Simple Question
Job 42:3
Psalm 119:105
Through, Not At
His Handwriting in the Margin
Psalm 119:105
Exodus 3:14
Larger Than My Words
A Lie By Size
Exodus 3:14
Psalm 96:6
It Was Beautiful
Your Feet Stopped First
Psalm 96:6
Galatians 6:9
Long Enough To Change
The Tree He Never Ate From
Galatians 6:9
Psalm 34:8
It Was Beautiful
Every Answer, and Still Not Moved
Psalm 34:8
1 Corinthians 2:9
Larger Than My Words
The Four Words I Gave My Daughter
1 Corinthians 2:9
Psalm 136:1
The Same Words Again
The Same Six Words, Again
Psalm 136:1
Ecclesiastes 3:11
It Was Beautiful
Liking It Is Not Nothing
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Micah 6:8
Fewer Words
He Has Already Shown You
Micah 6:8
James 5:7
Long Enough To Change
Nine Years of Road
James 5:7
Philippians 3:12-14
Becoming, Slowly
Eleven Times Down the Same Aisle
Philippians 3:12-14
Zechariah 4:10
Long Enough To Change
The Ordinary Tuesdays In Between
Zechariah 4:10
John 1:14
It Was Beautiful
The Kitchen That Argued Better
John 1:14
2 Corinthians 3:18
Becoming, Slowly
The Reply Still in Drafts
2 Corinthians 3:18
Psalm 46:10
Fewer Words
Until I Understand It Better
Psalm 46:10
Habakkuk 2:3
Long Enough To Change
I Have Never Waited a Year on Purpose
Habakkuk 2:3
Psalm 4:8
The Same Words Again
The Week It Went Mechanical
Psalm 4:8
Luke 10:36-37
Fewer Words
The Bin I Have Watched Fill Up
Luke 10:36-37
2 Corinthians 3:18
Long Enough To Change
Longer Than My Patience
2 Corinthians 3:18
Matthew 5:23-24
Fewer Words
The Call That Is Two Years Old
Matthew 5:23-24
Romans 11:33
Larger Than My Words
Highest Mark, Unfinished Sentence
Romans 11:33
Colossians 3:16
Through, Not At
Worn Smooth at the Corner
Colossians 3:16
Deuteronomy 8:10
The Same Words Again
The Blessing Over the Bread
Deuteronomy 8:10
Psalm 121:1-2
Through, Not At
Loving It and Looking Past It
Psalm 121:1-2
John 14:2-3
The Same Words Again
The Fourth Time This Year
John 14:2-3
John 3:14-15
Through, Not At
The Cross on the Hill Above the Road
John 3:14-15
Psalm 119:164
The Same Words Again
Seven Times a Day
Psalm 119:164
Psalm 42:7
It Was Beautiful
A Language You Do Not Speak
Psalm 42:7