MInTheGap

Caring for One Another in the Age of Affluence

Over this weekend tragedy struck a family in our church.  It happened right at the end of my garage sale—or at least that’s when I saw it.

I was on my way back to the church to return some tables that I had borrowed when I saw smoke billowing across the main artery I was on.  I figured it was a house on fire based on the amount of smoke and the number of fire engines in the area.

It didn’t even occur to me that it could be someone I knew.

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Where is Elijah?

For some weird reason I’m in a reflective type mood as of late. I think a lot of it has to do with the workbook I’m working through called Experiencing God. (You can find the link to it in my sidebar.) At its core is the premise that God is still at work in the world, and He wants us to join Him in that work.

Ok, pretty good so far, right? Then the screws tighten. He wants to do God-sized things through us, but we’re too busy being busy for God and all the while depending on ourselves rather than him.

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