As a kid, glitter was this magical sparkle that could be added to any art project, and it would make even the most mundane picture a masterpiece. My thinking back then as a child was: more glitter, more better.

You belong to Jesus. Your ending is resurrection. You and the rest of the world will one day experience a grandiose makeover where all who belong to Jesus will live in crystal clear joy.

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What a mess. Not only had Jesus been tragically taken from those who so dearly loved him. Not only had he suffered so terrible at the hands of the authorities that had been called by God to serve and protect the innocent. Not only had Jesus been crucified, mocked and forsaken by God. But now they can’t even properly grieve his death.

Last week, being Holy Week, reminded me once again of one of my most egregious errors. I’m sure I was taught in seminary. I guess. Or else they simply assumed. Incorrectly.

What makes God’s grace so amazing isn’t that it is free and that you need do nothing, but that God offers his grace as we actively resist his offer fighting with every inch of our being to make things right on our own.

After weeks of anxious waiting, the surgeon revealed the results. I hadn’t expected the word he used.

Walmart is an interesting place to people watch and at my last visit I was not disappointed.