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He knew that the culture and worship of pagan gods were not right.  It did not provide peace or joy.  It did not “reach” or stir up others for a zeal that could be stirred for a lifetime and beyond.   So, he took it upon himself to draw as near as he could to God.  He traveled a far distance and sat outside of the temple thinking that was as close as he could get.   He loaded up in his...

The Vine Project

I called it “The Vine Project.” It sounds like a cool, new program at church or a new group on Christian radio, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, it was just me, traipsing through our woods in rubber rain boots with a pair of borrowed gardening shears, trying to free my trees from thorny vines that had grown around them. After six years of unintentional neglect, these vines weren’t going down without a fight. It started when my neighbor knocked on my door...