I wonder if the power of the Scripture’s stories is not that they happened once upon a time, but that they happen. They have happened; they are happening; and they will happen. Like the story about Jesus taking the hand of the dead/sleeping girl and saying: “My child, get up!” Wake up. Wake up. Live right now. This is happening.
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Today, I am excited and honored to kick off the first of six monthly guest posts for my friend Janet Hagberg’s blog, At River’s Edge. Please click here to read the rest of On Waking.