Author Archives: Pete

Honey from the Rock

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Pete

A few months ago, one of my daughters sent me a link to a song that she’d been loving. It kind of grabbed me too. Kind of a country vibe (kind of my thing), but more importantly very much a … Continue reading →

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Not One Word

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Pete

There they were, on the other side. The other side of the Jordan, the other side of the battles, the other side of the land distribution. They came, they conquered, they were settling in. That’s where they were. Oh, it … Continue reading →

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Shiloh Remembered (2011 Rerun)

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Pete

I’ll take lesser-remembered dwelling places of God for 500, Alex. . . . What is Shiloh? Found myself hovering over Joshua 19 this morning. In particular, the thrice repeated reminder that when they initially entered the land of promise, the … Continue reading →

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Take Your Place at the Table

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Pete

Hovering over a few verses in Mark this morning (Mark 2:13-17). Pretty well known, it portrays a picture of a bunch of people around a dining table in a tax collector’ house — a tax collector, Levi, who has become … Continue reading →

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One is the Only-est Number

Posted on April 2, 2024 by Pete

Normally, I’d just kind of skim these verses. And, actually, I did . . . the first time through. But then something (Someone?) made me go back and hover a little . . . and do a little math. In … Continue reading →

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Cutters of Wood, Drawers of Water

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Pete

Hovering over Joshua 9 this morning. Familiar territory (no pun intended . . . well maybe a little). But this morning I find myself chewing on something I’ve not chewed on before. Context? The inhabitants of Gibeon, a large and … Continue reading →

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You’ve Never Been This Way Before

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Pete

For the past 40 years it had become pretty routine, “whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle the people of Israel would set out” (Ex. 40:36). When the glory got up and got going, the people packed … Continue reading →

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A Plea to Be

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Pete

Repetition does its work again this morning. What I’m chewing on is a phrase served up multiple times — 4 times to be exact. And yet it isn’t the fact that these phrases are all the same that has me … Continue reading →

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In the Lord

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Pete

Identity. For those who have ears to hear, there’s a lot of talk these days about identity. Who we are. What we is. As I wrap up Romans this morning, a couple of short, repeated phrases remind me of my … Continue reading →

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Where’d That Cow Go?

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Pete

Continuing to work my way through Deuteronomy. Lot of commands to obey. Lot of to do’s. A fair number of to don’t’s as well. Some dealing with pretty weighty (aka sinful) matters. Some dealing with pretty weird (aka cultural) matters. … Continue reading →

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