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Praying about the flow of time: Ordinary witnesses

Lynne Baab • Tuesday August 20 2024

Praying about the flow of time: Ordinary witnesses

As I discussed last week, evangelism and discipleship are two of the themes of Ordinary Time, the current season of the church year. I’m on board with discipleship, and I enjoy thinking and writing about how to grow closer to Jesus. But even after 50 years of walking with Jesus, the word “evangelism” arouses feelings of guilt and pressure. If you’re like me, keep reading.

Thirty years ago, a friend served on a jury. When she told me about her experience, I had a light bulb moment about my call to be a Christian witness.

My friend said the judge gave the witnesses...

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Praying about the flow of time: Why I like the idea of “Ordinary Time”

Lynne Baab • Thursday August 15 2024

Praying about the flow of time: Why I like the idea of “Ordinary Time”

When I was 9 through 11, my dad was stationed at the Air Force base in Wiesbaden, Germany. We attended a charming 1865 Anglican church in downtown Wiesbaden. The kids stayed in church for about half the service.

We usually arrived five to ten minutes before the service started, and I enjoyed listening to the organ prelude. The reader board at the front of the church always drew my attention. It listed the three hymns we would sing in the service. At the top of the board was the name of that particular Sunday of the church year: Advent 3 (third Sunday...

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Praying about the flow of time: “Listen to Jesus”

Lynne Baab • Tuesday August 6 2024

Praying about the flow of time: “Listen to Jesus”

Who doesn’t love a lighthouse? Such a powerful symbol of so many significant themes: safety and security, a light in the darkness, a warning of dangerous rocks, and a guide to find our way home. August 7 is National Lighthouse Day. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to use one of my husband Dave’s many lighthouse paintings. I wanted to write a whole post on the power of the image of Christ as the lighthouse for our lives.

But I wanted to write about the Feast of the Transfiguration, August 6, even more. When I started planning this new series on the...

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First post in a new series: Praying about the flow of time

Lynne Baab • Tuesday July 30 2024

First post in a new series: Praying about the flow of time

My beloved husband Dave calls me “time lady.” I usually know how much time various activities will require and how early we should leave to arrive at events on time. I worked for an astronomy professor for two years of college, so I also like the larger flow of time: the movement of the earth around the sun, the moon around the earth, equinoxes, solstices, and eclipses. We had the privilege of living in Dunedin, New Zealand for almost 11 years. For the first couple of years, I was disoriented by the position of the sun and moon in the sky...

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