Saturday, March 31, 2018

King’s X Revisited (a Steve Orr Easter reflection)

They were just words ... and yet, they were kind of magic.

Think back to your childhood a moment. Do you remember the games we all played ("98, 99, 100. Ready or not, here I come!"), the chants to which we skipped rope ("Down in the valley where the green grass grows ..."), the imperatives we called out ("Ollie, Ollie in-come free!")? Do you remember all those "magic" phrases that everyone just seemed to accept as having authority and that ruled our interactions with one another ("Tag! You're it!")?

When we were kids we said a lot of things —and in a lot of ways— that had meaning to us, then. Sadly, most have not found their way into our adult communications. We had elaborate languages, games, and conducts that made perfect sense to us ... then.

Many were puzzling to the adults who crossed through our wonder years. I think I know why: while some things travel through time ("Ring around the Rosies, pocket full of posies"), some are unique to each generation. Some of our stuff was just not recognizable to adults ... for the very simple reason that it was particular to us.

Still, I think the bigger problem was that adults forget ... maybe on purpose. As we age, we find that the raw honesties of childhood are less and less welcome among our peers. So, we adults let them go.

But some of those terms and phrases hang on; things like "no tag backs" and "King's X." As adults, we recall the power these had during our childhood, while also recognizing that few adult situations will actually bend to their authority. There was a time, though, when calling out "no tag backs" could ward off pulling double duty as "it," and when yelling "King's X!" could bring any game or activity to a complete halt.

We yelled "King's X" when something unanticipated arose, a game-changer if you will. This could be something as simple as a bee flying onto the field. Or, it could be a far more complex situation, such as when some of us realized some others of us were playing by different rules. We stopped whatever we were doing until everyone could agree that it was OK to continue with the game; until the "norm" was either restored or reset.

It is this time of year, and particularly when reading this week’s Lectionary selections where we are focused on crucifixions and resurrections, that the phrase "King's X" returns to the top of my mind. I recall that verse in 1st Corinthians chapter 2 which says of these events: "But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would not have crucified our glorious Lord."

I can't help but think those "rulers of this world" wished they could have yelled out "King's X!" when it finally began to sink in what all their evil machinations had actually produced with the crucifixion of Jesus. Their "Game of Graves" had been turned upside down by the resurrection. Not only did they not see it coming, they facilitated it! What they intended for evil, God intended for eternal good.

So, no ... No King's X.

And —just in case it wasn’t clear to them when Jesus rose from the grave, let’s declare it, now— "No do-overs!"


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A somewhat different version of this reflection appeared at Easter 2012.

CHESS PIECE IMAGE: Designed by Freepik from www.flaticon.com
X IMAGE: https://x.company/

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READINGS FOR THE COMING WEEK
Table of Easter Season Readings:
https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu//lections.php?year=B&season=Easter

Easter (April 1, 2018)
Resurrection of the Lord

Acts 10:34-43
Isaiah 25:6-9
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
John 20:1-18
Mark 16:1-8
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Friday mornings are a special time for us. And it all happens between 8:00 and 9:00 at the Waco “Egg and I.” DaySpring’s Lectionary Breakfast is the place where we eat, read scripture, pray, kick around ideas, and dig for the answers. Bookend those with coffee and laughter. Very nice.

Blessings,
Steve

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Windtalkers Revisited (a Steve Orr Lent reflection)

What kept them from being court-martialed?

In the middle of a war, they transmitted military information over the radio —in the clear!— for everyone to hear ... even the enemy!

Did you see Windtalkers, the movie about the members of a Native American tribe, Navajo? They served the U.S. military during World War II in an unusual way: sharing military secrets over the radio.

What kept these men from being court-martialed? Two things: (1) they were under orders to do so, and (2) everything they said was spoken in Navajo, a complex and unwritten language known only to members of the Navajo tribe. Message created in English, translated into Navajo and transmitted over the radio; received by a Navajo and translated back into English: very simple, very effective.

They were the perfect military code.

But, maybe you don’t know that they were not the first "code talkers" used by our military. Something you might not have learned from the movie: the U.S. used code talkers in World War I, too. The first known use of Native American code talkers was in September 1918 when Cherokee troops transmitted message for the allies in their language during the Second Battle of the Somme. Choctaws were used in the same way to help win several key battles in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France. It is reported that within 24 hours of starting to use these code talkers, the tides of the battle turned in the favor of the allies, and within 72 hours, the enemy was on the run.

Even less known is that Adolf Hitler knew about the successful use of code talkers during World War I. He sent a team of some thirty anthropologists to the United States to learn Native American languages before the outbreak of World War II. However, these languages proved too difficult to learn. Still, knowing of Hitler's attempt, the U.S. limited the Navajo code talkers to the Pacific Theater.

Despite every effort, the enemy could not break the code. But, all of this effort would have been of no use without a key element: for every code talker, there had to be a "code listener." This is an essential element to all communication. When someone transmits a message, it must be understood by the person receiving it, or no communication actually takes place.

In this sense, Jesus was a kind of code talker.

Almost everything Jesus said pointed toward a fuller message in the scriptures. He often quoted from or paraphrased scripture when He spoke, trusting that His fuller message would be understood by his listeners. That is certainly what is happening in this week's selection from the 14th chapter of the gospel of Mark when Jesus speaks of the poor.

Some have misunderstood what Jesus meant when he said, “For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish; but you will not always have me" (NASV Mark 14:7). He is not telling his listeners (nor us) that they need not care for the poor. On the contrary, Jesus is "coding" Deuteronomy 15:7-11, and He is “sending” to a group of “code listeners” who could not help but understand the fuller message.

Care for the poor was a fundamental part of the Israel’s cultural fabric. It was "incorporated" in the early and most foundational parts of the Law.

When some expressed anger that the expensive perfume had been "squandered" on Jesus, He caught them in an attempt to sidestep their responsibilities under the Law. Not a single one of them said, "Seeing this expensive perfume used this way reminds me I need to spend some of my money on the poor." No, they just wanted to point out that someone else’s money had not been used to help the poor. [Side Note: In John 12, the leader of these complainers is identified as Judas Iscariot, the eventual betrayer of Jesus.]

So, code listeners, here is the message: whenever you wish, you may take some of your resources and share them with the needy. Should others direct some of their resources to the needy? If they want to follow the teaching of Jesus, they should. But you never need to wait to see if someone else does it. The poor surround us, and will continue to do so. You only need eyes to see and ears to hear.

And maybe a little “code listening” to help point the way.

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A version of this reflection appeared near the end of the Season of Lent in 2015.

Photo and story about the Navajo Code Talkers:
http://navajopeople.org/navajo-code-talker.htm


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READINGS FOR THE COMING WEEK
You can access both of the reading lists, below, by using the links found here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu//lections.php?year=B&season=Lent

Liturgy of the Palms (March 25, 2018)
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Mark 11:1-11 or John 12:12-16

Liturgy of the Passion (March 25, 2018)
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Psalm 31:9-16
Philippians 2:5-11
Mark 14:1-15:47 or Mark 15:1-39, (40-47)
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We would love to have you among us Friday morning for DaySpring’s Lectionary Breakfast. Join us at 8:00 at the Waco "Egg and I." Good food, great fellowship, and a message we can all understand. Truly an hour like no other.

Enjoy the week!
Steve
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Sunday, March 18, 2018

The Ghost Army Revisited (a Steve Orr Lent reflection)

They were playing “make believe” in the middle of a war!

When word began to spread that the army was seeking recruits with skills in the areas of drawing, painting, stage craft, theatrical lighting, sound production, and the like, several people were interested. It was the height of World War II. Many who wanted to serve had been rejected on various grounds, usually for failing the entrance physical. Upon discovering they might be allowed to serve in a newly created unit, while doing the very things they were already skilled at, sounded almost too good to be true.

And maybe it was.

Admission was strictly at the option of the Army. Applicants had to write a letter explaining why they wanted to serve in the unit. Once admitted, they could tell no one what they were assigned to do ... and that injunction lasted for over forty years after the war (some parts are still top secret).

But that’s only the beginning of the strangeness. Several people, already serving in combat roles, received mysterious visitors who told them they were being reassigned to this new unit, 23rd Headquarters Special Troops. To the consternation of these soldiers and their immediate supervisors, these visitors refused to answer any questions about their new duties.

Eventually, over 1,100 able-bodied soldiers, people who were otherwise capable of combat roles, were transferred into the 23rd, a non-combat unit.

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"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near."

Sun Tzu
The Art of War
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During the last year and a half of that war, the 23rd had one of the strangest jobs in the military: they had to pretend to be an army. Their job was to bring to life Sun Tzu's precept on deception.

They became a Ghost Army.

Using sound trucks with loud-speakers, fictional radio scripts, and deceptive visuals (like inflatable rubber tanks & jeeps), these men delivered a false understanding to the enemy. At times, command needed the enemy to believe invasion forces were massing a hundred miles south of the actual location: the 23rd took care of that. At other times, command needed the enemy to think the army was closer than it actually was. The 23rd took care of that.

By playing specially made recordings, at night over loud speakers, the enemy could "hear" entire battalions entering an area, the sounds of pontoon bridge construction along with cursing sergeants, even the sounds of tanks clanking over those bridges: all of it nothing more than sound. Using scripts, the men would engage in radio chatter, exactly like that used by actual combat units, to mislead the enemy into thinking deployments were moving in one direction, toward one objective, when something completely different was being executed elsewhere.

The enemy was listening ... and acting on what they heard. But the pinnacle was what they did with fake vehicles. Rubber tanks, weighing less than 100 pounds when inflated, and could easily be moved about by four men. Tanks, jeeps, gun emplacements, and "motor pools" were just a few of the magicks in their bag of tricks. They were incredibly successful.

Our enemy uses deception on us, too.

The enemy sometimes makes us believe God is further away than He actually is. Our enemy wants us to believe: “God cannot possibly love me!” And he employs deception to convince us of it. He "shows" us the big guns pointed at us and makes us worry about the impact such things will have on our lives. It is all designed to look and sound like assaults we cannot survive, to distract us from our true ally, God, and to defeat us by any means.

In this week's Lectionary selection from Psalm 51, there are many negatives. Satan would be very pleased if we became dispirited by such things as being sinners, God's judgment, and us having done evil. Instead, we need to recall that Satan wages a war for our souls, that he wishes to mislead us and distract us from truth, and specifically this truth: even then, even under the Law, the Psalmist knew that God possessed steadfast love, could have mercy, could forgive, and could "blot out my transgressions."

In a system where the Law taught that the nation’s sins could only be rolled forward each year (and never completely eliminated), the idea that sins could be "blotted out" was radical.

The Psalmist uses his sin to emphasize God's boundless love. The Psalmist somehow knows that, should God choose to do so, He could actually create a clean heart in a living human, place a new and right spirit within that person, actually restore a person to the joy of salvation.

It has, of course, always been true: God can forgive our sins.

God can make us new and whole, can completely ignore what we've done. And then on top of that, continually energize our newly installed spirit, teaching us wisdom in our most secret inner being, so we grow to be willing to continue in a state of grace-filled forgiveness.

Oh, Satan would never want us to know that ... and he will use his ghost army to try to keep us from remembering that God is greater than our failings, draws near to us when we seek Him, and loves us more than we can even love ourselves.


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A somewhat different version of this reflection appeared during Lent 2015

GHOST ARMY PHOTO and story: http://www.messynessychic.com/2015/05/14/the-ghost-army-of-wwii-that-duped-hitler/

MORE ABOUT THE GHOST ARMY (a PBS Special, a book, and a possible movie): http://www.ghostarmy.org/
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READINGS FOR THE COMING WEEK
Fifth Sunday in Lent (March 18, 2018)
https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu//

Jeremiah 31:31-34
Psalm 51:1-12 or Psalm 119:9-16
Hebrews 5:5-10
John 12:20-33
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Join us if you can on Friday morning for DaySpring’s Lectionary Breakfast. We always start at 8:00-ish, sharp. And we wind things up right on the dot of 9:00-ish. Come for the food, the prayer, the scriptures, and the provocative discussions that flow. But stay for the laughter.

Blessings,
Steve

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

My So-Called Retirement (a Steve Orr Reverie)

“I’m busier than I’ve ever been!”

Almost every retired person I know has said something like that to me.

It’s just one of the things I promised myself would not be part of my retirement. I spent an entire lifetime being busy, fighting against being busy, and promising myself that, if I ever had the opportunity, I would not be busy. Or maybe I really mean overly busy ... idle hands and all that stuff.

In any case, I decided quite some time ago to plan for my retirement rather than letting it just happen to me. And so, based on my experiences, both leading to and now living in retirement, I have a few thoughts I want to share with you.

1. MAKE A PLAN: None of these plan steps can stand alone: they all affect each other ... thus the need to make a plan as far in advance as you can. Everyone is different. We all have different resources, personalities, family situations, etc. So that’s why I say, “Your plan has to be your plan.” You can get a lot of useful input from many sources on what others think is a good plan for the retirement years. Just Google “retirement” and you will have an overwhelming supply of recommendations ... OR, you could just use some version of this simple one.

A. Be honest with yourself about your resources, especially your money situation. Food, housing, healthcare, recreation, travel ... all these things can cost you money (Medicare doesn’t kick in until you turn 65, and there are often premiums to pay). You can offset some expenses (walk instead of drive; spend more time at home, garden some of your food, etc.). However, don’t despair if you only have a small amount of money on which to retire. I watched my in-laws successfully retire on very little money. My father-in-law had been a machinist almost all of his adult life. He had no company sponsored retirement, nor did he have any company sponsored health coverage. My mother-in-law was blind from birth. Suffice to say, they were not “rolling in the dough.” And yet, with careful planning, they found a way to enter their retirement years with enough. And that’s the watchword: enough. It takes a little thought (and maybe a calculator), but you can project how much you are going to need to live on. Once you have that number, that becomes your money goal.

B. Decide where you will live. Where you will live will shape every other decision. If you are planning to relocate, you need to include that cost in your money plan. But it also affects how much and what kind of clothing you will need, and even what foods will be available to you at different times of year. If you want to retire in the north, you need to take winter into consideration. If you want to live south, near the ocean or gulf (or in the desert), air conditioning and humidity are major factors. Also, some locations are just more costly on a day-to-day basis than others. Research what current retirees are paying for housing, food, etc., in your preferred location. Luckily, all of this is out there on the internet. Another consideration: will you live with family, or communally, or in a care facility? All of these need to be planned for ... as much as they can be.

C. Decide what you want to do in retirement. I have often heard, “Retire to something, not from something.” There is some truth in there. If your whole plan is to just get out of the workforce, you will not be happy in retirement. I recall my grandfather just leaving the house every morning and walking for most of the day. He didn’t want to just be a home, but he didn’t really have anywhere to go and he had nothing to do. The sadness of that has been seared into my brain. Luckily, there are a couple of fairly easy things you can do to make this part go well for you. First, take a little time to think about (and write down) the things, actions, travels, etc., you’ve “always wanted to do.” Most of us have some idea, already, about matters that we have had to push aside, put on hold, etc., because of the time constraints of working, raising families, caring for loved ones with health concerns ... you know all of this. In that list, you will find that there are some that call to you more than others. Have you wanted to do (or do more) community service? Put that in your plan. Does your garden call to you? Put that in your plan. What about travel? If you’ve got places on your bucket list, put that in your plan. Once you have begun your list, try to divide it into two broad sections: one for day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month kinds of activities ... the kinds of things that will fill your days at home (or close to home). The other section is for things like travel desires, running for political office, post-retirement employment, and the like. Once you have some of these things on paper, revisit A and B, above, so you can match up resources and locations. The more realistic your plan, the more likely you will actually get to do it.

D. Plan for a “Gap Year.” Among some really excellent advice I received prior to actually retiring was this gem. Give yourself an entire year in which you make no new commitments. Does that sound strange to you? Does it sound like something you could not actually do? Let me share with you how not only I, but also my spouse, employed this lovely tool to significantly increase the joy of our retirement. When I retired, I already knew I wanted to become more involved in my community. However, beyond some broad ideas, I had no real specifics. I wanted to “be useful” and to “be helpful” and “to be of service” in some way. I wanted my involvements, whatever they turned out to be, “to have an impact” on my community. But, by making a covenant with myself to wait for a year before making any significant commitments, I found I had time to do some other, very significant, things. After about three months of careful, thoughtful consideration, I decided to enter a local community volunteer training program (LeadershipPlenty, for those who are interested. Designed by the Pew Foundation, it has a unique philosophy and approach that works with folks who are already present in local communities.). Because I waited, and had a relatively free calendar, I could take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to explore our community and learn about our true needs. As a result, by the time my “gap year” was coming to a close, I knew how I wanted to redeem my time. I was invited onto the board of a local nonprofit that works with unaccompanied homeless high school students to facilitate their graduation and next life-step. In the following year, I added just a couple more activities (joined the League of Women Voters; sought an appointment to the local public library advisory commission). My spouse has had a similar experience. Following retirement, she continued to serve on the board of our local public radio station, but turned down every other “opportunity” that came calling (and they do come calling ... nature abhors a vacuum). Now, as she approaches the end of her “gap year,” she has begun to see the shape of what she might actually want to do with her life in the coming years. In the meantime, we have used her gap year for travel, family connections, time with the grands, reading, writing, spiritual development, etc.

2. WORK YOUR PLAN: Before we explore this, let me share with you something that often surprises people about planning: no plan survives actual implementation. Yes, you need to plan. No, you don’t have to do things that no longer make sense. Between the time you make your plan and the time when you might actually retire, lots of things will change. Part of working your plan is that you will, from time to time, need to amend it so that it always reflects reality. Remember: a dream is what you desire; a plan is how you make those dreams come true. To put it bluntly: some of our dreams may be beyond our ability to make come true. You will have to choose, so take the time to determine what matters most to you. Reviewing, amending, and working your plan will help you to choose what most matters to you and then help you match your resources, location, etc., to trying to fulfill those dreams.

3. ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT: Because we are all different, have different resources and different situations, what makes for an enjoyable retirement will be different for each of us. Planning will help. But, truthfully, your own attitude and approach to your daily life in retirement will be the most important factor. For me, focusing on how I use my time has been key to my happiness; time with my spouse, time with my family (in-laws, outlaws ... I get to define who makes up my family), reading, writing, spiritual journey. All of these are precious to me —the most important aspects of my life— and are the real reasons I got out of the “rat race” to begin with.


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There is a lot more that can be (and has been) written about retirement. My objective, here, was to try to keep it simple. As mentioned, there is a lot of information out on the Internet, and it is easily searched for on Google or some other search engine. Feel free to do some research. The more you make it your plan, the better.

PHOTO: https://allwording.com/retirement-party-invitation-wording/

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Training Wheels Revisited (a Steve Orr Lent reflection)

My first bike, a Sears 26-inch JC Higgins, was so much bigger than me. I had to bring it to the end of our walkway (which was a full twelve inches above the sidewalk) in order to get on it. But, once on it, I could not keep it upright. That didn't keep me from trying, but I fell ... a lot. In fact, every single time I pedaled a couple of turns, I started to tumble. This kept me close to home. That way I could always tumble unto our slightly raised lawn.

Into this problem stepped my Dad.

One Saturday, he called me to come out front to show me that he had installed training wheels on my bike. This was great! I still had to climb on at the end of the walkway, but this time the bike stayed upright. My Dad gave me only one rule: whenever I got off the bike, I had to use the kickstand. He said that would keep the training wheels from wearing out (he intended to use them for my sister at some point). For the first few minutes, I just sat there, luxuriating in the realization that I was not going to topple over.

And then I took off.

I rode all over the neighborhood on that bike. For days —and then weeks— I soared, my confidence placed firmly in those training wheels to keep me aloft. Oh, I still had some dismount problems due to that center bar, but on the whole it was the freedom I had dreamed of. This was more than happiness.

This was joy.

One morning, after having come back from a ride, I carefully climbed off the bike, hooked the kickstand down with my sneaker, and turned to find my Dad standing in my path.

He said, "How was the ride?"

"Great!" I replied.

"So, no problems riding without the training wheels?"

I whipped around and saw, to my horror, that there were no training wheels on my bike! I was almost overcome with the shock. I could have fallen!

"You took off the training wheels!" I accused.

"A week ago," he replied.

More shock! I had been riding without them for a week! But that was not all. Dad had never intended for me to rely on those training wheels. Like Stephen Covey wrote decades later, Dad "began with the end in mind." Every two or three days, he raised those training wheels ever so slightly. Finally, at some point, they never touched the ground while I rode the bike. And, because he had insisted I always use the kickstand, I never noticed that the bike could no longer stand on its own.

It is like this with God and us.

God began a work within each of us "with the end in mind." God knows we have to make the journey. God knows we will encounter things that, initially, we just cannot do without assistance. And God ensures we get that assistance. But the objective is that we outgrow the need for that help; that, in fact, we grow to the point where, not only do we not need help with that challenge, but we become so skilled at it, we become someone else's assistance.

So, don’t be surprised to find in Ephesians 2:10 that long ago God prepared good deeds for each of us to do; that God crafted positive actions specific to you, for you to do. Be encouraged: it means God thinks you're ready.

And be curious. Start looking around. Someone needs their training wheels ... and you’re up!


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A slightly different version of this reflection appeared during Lent 2012.

Photo (and an interesting story):
http://omahamagazine.com/articles/taking-off-the-training-wheels/
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READINGS FOR THE COMING WEEK
Fourth Sunday in Lent (March 11, 2018)
https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu//

Numbers 21:4-9
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
Ephesians 2:1-10
John 3:14-21
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Join us Friday morning for the DaySpring Lectionary Breakfast. We gather at 8:00 for good food, prayer, fellowship, and a truly fine time in the scriptures. We still meet at the Waco “Egg and I” restaurant. We’re in the back.

Don’t expect some dry, dull study. While we delve into the scripture, we share our lives and our laughter.

Blessings,
Steve

Sunday, March 4, 2018

What If This Was Easy? (a Steve Orr Lent reflection)

Sometimes I get stuck.

From time to time, I find myself stumped, unable to resolve a problem. I may have spent several minutes (hours!) attempting to master a means to fix, correct, open, understand, etc. ... and then I recall my “magic” question. I’ve been amazed how just that one change of perspective can produce a happy outcome.

I use it to unjam the logs, to break the impasse of my thoughts. What I am really asking myself is this: am I over-complicating this? Am I subconsciously attempting some complicated approach when a simple one will do (and do better)? Have I gotten in my own way?

Am I making it harder than it needs to be?

Let me be clear: this is not a question about effort. Some things require effort to be done correctly, effectively, successfully ... sometimes, a lot of effort. And I’m not talking about those things in this life that are actually complicated. Rocket science is still well beyond the ken of most of us. But, among those matters with which most of us must deal in our daily lives, it’s been my experience that we tend to over-complicate them.

Often, to our own detriment.

This week’s Lectionary scriptures illustrate the point. The Ten Commandments are anything but complicated. Sure, if we want to, we can make them complicated ... but why do that? Simple commands, straight forward directives. Love and revere God, and no other “gods.” Don’t steal. Don’t murder. Don’t lie. Don’t cheat. Don’t covet. Take a day off. Honor your parents. In fact, they are so uncomplicated, Jesus sums them up in just a few sentences at Matthew 22:35-40.

What if this was easy?

The Psalm passage continues the thought that God’s directives for our lives are not only straight forward and actually good for us, but are easily perceived in creation; so obvious that not even words are needed.

What if this was easy?

And the 1st Corinthians passage aims right for heart of the matter. When we rely on the “wisdom” of this world, we over-complicate the truth: God’s wisdom is so simple it appears foolish to people on the outside looking in.

We sometimes find that we are stuck, don’t we? Can’t seem to move forward, can’t seem to back out; can’t resolve that problem; can’t open that pickle jar. Or, maybe a lot more than stuck? Overwhelmed even? Sometimes life appears to be so difficult and so complicated, and no resolution in sight, we want to just throw up your hands and yell, “God, I can’t do this!”

Maybe we’re just asking the wrong question.

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READINGS FOR THE COMING WEEK
Third Sunday in Lent (March 4, 2018)
https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu//

Exodus 20:1-17
Psalm 19
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
John 2:13-22

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DaySpring’s Lectionary Breakfast is still meeting Friday mornings at the Waco “egg and I” restaurant. Look for us in the back. We start at 8:00, and then enjoy an hour of great food, fellowship, scripture, and prayer.

Couldn’t be easier.

Blessings,
Steve