As the world learned yesterday of Kobe Bryant’s unexpected death along with his 13 year old daughter and 7 others—and as even today we await more from the Senate impeachment trial—our personal and public worlds seem unwell and awry. These are our days. This is the time God saw fit for us to follow Him during. These are the days our lives and our ministries and our waking and walking and loving and doing. This is what we have.

When things feel out of control, I’m learning that it makes me feel angry. Anger is not my default emotion, but it’s one I’ve been feeling lately when I look at the state of the world and even the state of the American church. Maybe it’s all no worse than it’s ever been, maybe I’m just at that age of realization where you see with clear if sometimes cynical eyes. I’m not sure, but regardless, I’ve been feeling like just a teensy itty bitty tiny cog in a very big wheel inside a very powerful machine. 

The Links:

Pickled Onion Recipe -  so you don't have to listen to the podcast again. ;)

How To Raise a Gracious Kid - Maybe not the valedictorian, maybe not the prom queen, maybe not the quarterback...but the kid who rolls out the red carpet for someone in need.

The Subversive Joy of Cold-Water Swimming - Nearly all people living in the UK live less than 70 miles from some area of the coast, but the water is preternaturally cold (at the warmest 68 degrees and down to the 50s by the end of the swimming season!).

Mary Oliver on Rhythm - "Rhythm is one of the most powerful of pleasures, and when we feel a pleasurable rhythm we hope it will continue. When it does, it grows sweeter. When it becomes reliable, we are in a kind of body-heaven."

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