Posts in The Book of Ruth
When Our Individual Faith Moves Into The Neighborhood

4 minute read

While we don’t know (because the narrator doesn’t tell us) what sort of habits and practices helped Ruth become the sort of woman who was walking in the direction God was walking in, we see the fruit of those practices when she’s making ordinary, everyday decisions like trying to find a place to get food.

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Ordinary, Everyday Habits and Decisions

3 minute read

While we don’t know (because the narrator doesn’t tell us) what sort of habits and practices helped Ruth become the sort of woman who was walking in the direction God was walking in, we see the fruit of those practices when she’s making ordinary, everyday decisions like trying to find a place to get food.

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Invisible People Have A Name

8 minute read

These stories of how God uses invisible people appear throughout the Bible and throughout history, and a few years ago I started looking for people working in ‘invisible’ occupations. Now, whenever I pass a person stocking the shelves at the grocery store, a person cleaning a building I’m in, or a person working in landscaping, I try to look them in the eyes and say “thank you” as I go by.

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