Go Back In · Week 2 · Saturday On Sunday I said that in my businesses every receivable counts, and that this is why Levi walking away from an open booth reads to me as a man leaving money on…
Somebody Carries It
He Thought He Was Guarding the Door
Go Back In · Week 2 · Friday He has been holding a seat closed for six years and calling it discernment. There is a man he used to be close to who did something that cost people. Not a…
A Stricter Door Than the One He Came Through
Go Back In · Week 2 · Thursday He came back to faith two years ago and it took. That part is not in question and it is not a veneer. Something in him actually turned. What also happened, quietly…
The High Ground Was Worth More Than the Money
Go Back In · Week 2 · Wednesday His brother-in-law borrowed the money three years ago in March. Nothing dramatic happened to it. There was a business that did not work. Then a stretch of not talking about it. Then…
In the Field the Whole Time
Go Back In · Week 2 · Tuesday He has not missed a dinner in four years. He would like that on the record, and it belongs there, because it is true. He is home. He is at the table….
Nine Years of Rent
Go Back In · Week 2 · Monday She has been on every team for nine years. Setup. Hospitality. The meal train. The thing nobody wants to run in July. If you need somebody, you call her, and she says…
Two Objections, Nine Verses Apart
Go Back In · Week 2 · Sunday There are two objections in the second chapter of Mark, nine verses apart, and almost nobody reads them as the same objection. The first one is silent Four men tear open a…
They Trade Places
Go Back In · Week 1 · Saturday On Sunday I said it will cost you something to stop waiting and drive over to a friend’s house. It is smaller and worse than you would want it to be typically….
The Saw on the Bench Since March
Go Back In · Week 1 · Friday The disagreement was about nothing. That is precisely what makes it impossible to fix. Two neighbors, a volunteer committee, a decision that went one way instead of the other, and eight or…
He Has Never Once Been at Ninety
Go Back In · Week 1 · Thursday He is counting days again. This morning he is at nineteen. Nobody else knows the number, and that is the entire function of the number. It is his. It is private. It…