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jezreel

On 21 October, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Jezreel seems like a terrible name for a child.

But it was the name the prophet gave his first born. And every time someone heard it they thought of one of the darkest moments in their history. A time when a king had a man killed to steal his family’s vineyard [...]

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killing people while bombing the moon

On 9 October, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I watched a video last night about William Kamkwamba, a young man who at age 14 figured out how to build a windmill in his famine-ravished African village.

He was nearly illiterate at the time and used the inspiration of a picture in a book, and what he could glean from electrical diagrams [...]

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he made a whip

On 12 August, 2009 · 1 Comment

The story of Jesus driving people out of the temple in John 2 is so counter the Jesus I grew up learning about. The one who used his hands to form the world now wielding a whip. Cracking it against the skin he created. It’s too much to think about.

The creator inflicting physical [...]

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