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Steps
Do you count your steps? Back when I counted mine, 10,000 seemed to be the sweet spot. Tools to measure the number of our steps flood the market. But could someone invent an app measuring the how? Are our steps hesitant or confident? Ambling or running? Faltering or steady? Weary or energetic? Measuring the how would enable us to evaluate those times we need help getting where we’re going. Most importantly, what about tracking the direction of our steps? I don’t mean geographical direction. Plenty of devices exist for that. Instead, I’m thinking of the destination to which our steps ultimately lead. Who or what are we moving toward? A…
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Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
For ten days in September, a group from our church visited the beautiful country of Israel. One month later, on October 7, 2023, the land that has such a special place in my heart was attacked. Shock and sadness washed over me at the news. I tried to imagine the panic of those huddled in safe rooms. I might have experienced the horror firsthand had the attack come a month earlier. Now, twenty-four days into the war, concern for friends we made during our stay there, and for Jewish people around the world, permeates my heart and prayers. War tears apart so many innocent lives on both sides. “Pray for…