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The je ne sais quoi of following Jesus (and Tyra Banks)

You won’t be able to think your way into relationship, you will have to DO your way into it. Which is already true for many of the things we value. To know the je ne sais quoi of following Jesus, you might be tempted to start with “What is it?” But I suggest you begin with “What can I do now?”

Hope for the Darkness in Story Form

Here’s a short story I wrote. John the Baptist Died in Hope a story by Ben White imagined from Luke 7:18-25 and  Mark 6:14-29 Tonight there was a torch in the hall. So, as had become his custom, he lay his cheek against the cold stone floor of the cell to watch under the door.Continue reading “Hope for the Darkness in Story Form”