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November 19, 2023

God in the gains and losses

Some scriptures to me are like a sweet dessert: “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be your strength” (Isa. 30:15); “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, God’s mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning, as sure as the sunrise” (Lam. 3:22-23); “Teach Continue reading

Ruminations

betrayal, difficult scriptures, do the right thing, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, failure, for everything there is a season, good and evil, life’s unfairness, Oriah Mountain Dreamer, outer darkness, overcoming, parable of the talents, suffering, talents, the best-laid schemes
March 26, 2022

The difficult grace of hating evil

Hating what is evil and holding fast to what is good (Rom. 12:9b) seems obvious and sensible advice until I try putting it into practice. Then it gets complicated; it starts causing problems not easy to solve; it unsettles the way I’ve been taught to think. Take, for example, this bit of wisdom from a Continue reading

Ruminations

consequences, David L. Miller, do the right thing, God's generosity, God's grace, God's judgment, God's mercy, hating evil, hatred toward others, hatred toward self, Jesus, Jesus' critics, Marks of the Christian, moral superiority, older brother, Prayer of Humble Access, prodigal son, St. Paul

About Me

Rich Neal is, in no particular order, a wordsmith and graphic designer; lover of typography, books, and publishing; photographer; contemplative; saunterer; and a retired and still-active pastor. He claims neither special wisdom nor particularly deep insight into life, only occasional glimpses of what lies behind the veil along the way. He shares them here in the hope of connecting the pieces of life’s puzzle that come to him in the journey and would consider it a gift if sharing them also connected him with others who travel an unmarked path toward the same unknown end.

do the right thing

God in the gains and losses

The difficult grace of hating evil