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Like Trees Walking

When the Kingdom Is Hard to See

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The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew (from the Maestà), c. 1308-1311, Duccio di Buoninsegna. The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.
The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew (from the Maestà), c. 1308-1311, Duccio di Buoninsegna. The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!”

As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”  At once they left their nets and followed him.

When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets.  Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

~ Mark 1:14—20

Jesus’ response

“After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.”  Strange that these two things are together: John being put into prison and Jesus preaching the good news.  John, Jesus’ cousin, came out of the desert wearing clothing made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist. Continue reading When the Kingdom Is Hard to See →

The Poor

Why I Messed Up the Clean Design of my Blog

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An African boy standing in the doorway of his home. The photography of Compassion International shows the dignity and hope living within the poor despite the oppression poverty inflicts upon them.
An African boy standing in the doorway of his home. The photography of Compassion International shows the dignity and hope living within the poor despite the oppression poverty inflicts upon them.

I was pretty pleased with the look of the theme I had chosen.  The writing was presented in a clean frame.  I had decided not to put a widget panel on the right side.  You may not be aware of this unless you are familiar with WordPress, but you have the ability to create a panel on the right side of the web page where you can put things like Follow Me buttons, a place to register for a newsletter, etc.

I decided not to put anything more on the page to keep the clean design.  And then I got the annual reports about the children that Claudia, my wife, and I sponsor with Compassion and World Vision.  I Continue reading Why I Messed Up the Clean Design of my Blog →