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Captivated by the Light

I have an adult daughter and two adult sons. At the time of this writing we have four granddaughters. Starting with my daughter when she was a toddler and then with our sons and then all four granddaughters I began to do something silly. Whenever I told them goodnight I would direct their focus to the ceiling light by pointing to it. In a sense, they became captivated by the ceiling light. Then I would slip my left hand up to the light switch in a way that they couldn’t see my hand there. Next, came the silly part. I would blow at the ceiling light as if it was a candle or old-time oil lamp and quietly flip that light switch. The light would go out! And they would be delighted. It was good,

Be Weird

“And about that time there arose a great commotion about the Way.” (Acts 19:23) We’ve seen this term “the Way” used to refer to Christians earlier in Acts: “Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.” (Acts 9:1-2) We also see it in Acts 9:9 and will see it again in Acts 24:14. It is an obvious reference to Jesus being the Way (the “path” or “roadway”.) “Thomas said to Him, ‘Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am

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