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Matthew 11:1-19 by Patrick Lines “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out...
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Mike Bowling
Nov 14, 20224 min read
Commission
Matthew 10:1-23 by Mike Bowling Commissioning is authorization. Authorization is permission by a ruler to exercise authority. Jesus’...
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Nov 7, 20223 min read
Wholeness
Matthew 9:18-38 by Katy Lines How often do you see goodness in the daily news? These days, I don’t hear or read much good news in our...
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Englewood ByLines
Nov 7, 20224 min read
New Wine
Matthew 9:9-17 by Todd Burleson You’ve heard it said: “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak, for the patch pulls away...
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Mike Bowling
Oct 28, 20224 min read
Commitment, Fear, and Resistance
Matthew 8:18-34 by Mike Bowling The proclamation of God’s kingdom has begun; an outline of the Kingdom’s nature has been revealed, and a...
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Englewood ByLines
Oct 28, 20223 min read
Closeness and Wholeness
Matthew 8:1-17 by Katy Lines If you’ve got your trail map handy (Matt 8:1-17), take a look at where Jesus leads us this week… the edges,...
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Englewood ByLines
Oct 21, 20223 min read
Giving Up the Game
Matthew 7:1-12 by Katy Lines Okay, don’t judge me, but I’ve put off writing this trail guide until the last possible minute this week. So...
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Englewood ByLines
Oct 18, 20223 min read
Transformed Desires
Matthew 6:16-24 by Mike Bowling What do you desire? Whatever it is, your desires determine in large measure what you become. This is true...
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Englewood ByLines
Oct 17, 20223 min read
True Prayer, or Performance?
Matthew 6:1-8 by Katy Lines There’s something I am drawn to about walking into a theatre, finding your seat, and snapping a photo of the...
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Englewood ByLines
Oct 13, 20224 min read
New Signposts: Covenant Integrity
by Mike Bowling Matthew 5:21-48 Mount Brandon (named for 6th century saint, Brenden the Navigator, who reportedly sailed from Ireland to...
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Englewood ByLines
Oct 11, 20223 min read
New signposts: Relationships
by Katy Lines Matthew 5:21-26 Walking on the Jesus way, sitting on the hillside path, Jesus adds some graffiti to well-known signposts....
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Englewood ByLines
Oct 11, 20223 min read
The Jesus Way: Salt & Light
by Mike Bowling Matthew 5:13-20 Following Jesus’s baptism, his trial in the wilderness, his expression of his primary theme-- “repent,...
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Englewood ByLines
Oct 10, 20224 min read
The Jesus Way: Temptations
by Mike Bowling Matthew 4:1-11 Dietrich Bonhoeffer reminds us that the temptation of Jesus in Matthew’s gospel should be read in concert...
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Englewood ByLines
Oct 10, 20221 min read
The Jesus Way: A Trail Guide
We talk often about being a people who follow the way of Jesus. Personally, I find that phrase “followers of the way of Jesus” to be a...
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Englewood ByLines
Oct 8, 20224 min read
God's Demonstration of the Kingdom
The church is a witness to the world of the richness of God’s kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. What does that have to do with my...
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Englewood ByLines
Jun 8, 20214 min read
Hidden, Humble, & Transformed
Mark 4:26-34 What’s unseen but potentially everywhere? It’s so small that it’s hidden, but can spread rapidly and with great impact,...
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Englewood ByLines
Dec 19, 20203 min read
Saying "YES"
The Church begins with the Yes of the Virgin of Nazareth —Hans von Balthasar (1905-1988) I’ve spent a good part of this Advent season...
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Englewood ByLines
Nov 1, 20205 min read
Trust in the Midst of Trauma
EXODUS 32:1-14 What do you do when the only world you’ve ever known has been torn out from under you? When the world as you’ve known it...
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Englewood ByLines
Oct 7, 20204 min read
Pass Over Into Freedom
Exodus 12:1-14 I remember well the days my two boys were born, one in September and the other in May, four years apart. When they were...
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Englewood ByLines
Aug 19, 20205 min read
Birdwatching During a Pandemic
What do birds & racism have in common? [note: this post was originally written June 17, 2020, though only published now] I enjoy...
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