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Based in Holland MI, company founded by 17-year real estate broker Jeannette Brownson. Brownson Properties: Beloved Communities. Call us today at 616-886-1813.

Brownson Properties was started by Jeannette Brownson. Jeannette enjoyed working in the real estate profession in the Holland area since 2001. She earned her Associate Broker’s license (requiring 90 hours of real estate law) in 2007. Since then she worked hard to establish herself in the community as a resource for both buyers and sellers, living in the City of Holland and making connections with city government, non-profits, churches, neighbors, and friends, in an effort to be more effective in achieving her life goals. She sought to be a person of integrity, compassion, discernment, dedication and passion in her work. Though she can no longer help you buy or sell a home, Brownson Properties can refer you to a realtor who can. Considering donating to the Jeannette Brownson Brokering Beloved Communities fund!

10/30/2026

https://youtu.be/9UUcTNZKrks?si=WUOB0NjLG4EfBc3_

My article today gets delayed, then dictated, by a (HASP) Holland Area Senior Professional’s viewing of the movie Stand By Me.

This article drafts off the last line of the movie.

Jesus, does anyone?

Reading through the Bible…Jeremiah 20-21/II Timothy 4

Preach the word…(II Timothy 4:2)

Movies move us. Movies preach.

Not every movie moves us to preach Jesus, however.

When Paul tells Timothy to preach the word, he is telling Timothy to preach about Jesus, plain and simple. To preach the word for Paul is to preach the Incarnate Word Jesus.

Writing…

This appears to be what Stand by Me does, inadvertently. The screenplay for Stand by Me gets written by Raynold Gideon and Bruce A. Evans, based on the novella “The Body” by Stephen King.

The movie concludes with a question, apparently to Jesus. Richard Dreyfuss (as the adult writer/narrator) reflects back on his life with this comment: I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve.

Then, Jesus gets involved. Jesus, does anyone?

I’m not suggesting that the short story or screen writers are Christians. Far from it. You could dismiss their mention of Jesus as a filler, or perhaps Jesus is simply a throw away name for emphasis. (Jesus gets brought up in an annoying number of movies for no particular reason).

Still, not often does Jesus get the first Word of the last sentence in a movie

So, let me preach on that Word for a moment. Let me suggest that Jesus Christ gets more than a mention. He gets reflected, at least in a small way, in the character of Chris Chambers, played by River Phoenix.

It’s Chris(t) who leads the young disciples. It’s Chris(t) who tells his best friend Gordie Lachance (Played by Wil Wheaton) “You are going to be a great writer”. It’s Chris(t) who tells Gordie that he wishes he was Gordie’s father. Finally, it’s Chris(t) who, in the end, dies trying to save someone’s life.

Hear me. I do not in any way want to belittle the saving work that Christians believe Jesus Christ does in our lives. Nor do I assume that the writers of the script have my suggested deeper intent in mind when doing what many would consider, taking Jesus’ name in vain.

Still, whether intentionally or not, the screen writers preach. They preach in Jesus’ name and about His saving work in our lives.

Building…

Some will watch Stand by Me again or for the first time on its fortieth anniversary. They may say something like, What a friend Gordie has in Chris.

I might put it differently, based on the old Hymn…“What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and grief to bear. What a privelege to carry, everything to God in prayer.

Jesus, Does Anyone else think so?

Stand By Me is back on the big screen for its 40th anniversary. In ...

10/30/2026

10/29/2026

*Meta (or my computer) is not allowing me to post any of my photos on either facebook or instagram...

*Library of Congress, Washington D.C. March of 2024 (you can see my reflection in the picture and I hope in my life)

Jeannette and I read through the Bible annually together for many years of our married life.

We are not alone.

Reading through the Bible…Jeremiah 18-19/II Timothy 3

There’s nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us. (II Timothy 3:15-17)

For Paul, for Jeannette and me, there’s nothing like the written Word of God. Just to be clear, however, the Apostle isn’t talking about the Gutenberg Bible.

Paul reads the Hebrew Bible. Paul believes, religious Jews and Christians still believe, that the Hebrew Bible is theópneustos (from 2316 /theós, “God” and 4154 /pnéō, “breathe out”). The term appears in this passage alone.

Jews and Christians agree that God breathes, maybe we would even say the Holy Spirit breezes, the Hebrew Bible. This is the collection of books Christians call the Old Testament and Jews treasure as the Tanakh.

Jews and Christians, however, part ways with Paul’s second claim. Christians believe that the Hebrew Bible points to Yehoshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ) Jesus Christ, our Hebrew Messiah.

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” For no matter how many promises God has made (in the Old Testament), they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. (II Corinthians 1:19-20 NIV).

Christians, like me, believe that Jesus incarnationally says with His words and actions AMEN to the purposes and promises of the Old Testament.

Writing…

Christians like me part ways with Jews. We also part ways with some who call themselves Christians. We know Paul not talking about the Gutenburg Bible. We also know he’s not talking about the God Bless the U.S.A. Bible either.

Followers of Jesus like me do not believe that God breathes a U.S.A. Bible. Trump can’t sell us on that idea.

I believe, we believe, that the New Testament partners with the Old in showing (us) the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

The Holy Bible, what we consider to be the whole Bible of the Old and New Testament, begs not for faith in a President. Some editions may have red letters, but the Bible isn’t red. It’s not blue either. And it certainly isn’t White, christian and Nationalistic.

The Bible, instead, shows us truth, exposes our rebellion, corrects our mistakes and trains us to live God’s way.

Building…

So, Jeannette and I read through the Bible: we average two Old Testament chapters and one New Testament chapter every day, and…

We are not alone.

Just yesterday, a prompting from God sent me to the office of a friend who works in development at the Gateway Mission. We didn’t make an appointment. God did.

We talked about a lot of things. Jeannette’s JBBBC.com memorial fund, which has donated previously to the Mission. Warming centers in local churches, which hope to provide safe places for our unhoused friends to stay warm in “blue code” nights.

For the purposes of this article, though, I want you to know that we talk about his practice with his wife of reading through the Bible every year (I kid you not). Turns out, he shares my love of the scriptures. He wants to understand the whole counsel of God, rather than proof texting it.

*Still, I think that we may be in different places politically. I suspect my friend bleeds red when it comes to politics. When it comes to Universities and Politics, I bleed blue.

When it comes to the Bible, however, we agree. I’m not alone. He’s not alone. Maybe you are not alone, either. There may be more than a few of us who read the Bible because we believe it to be…God-Breathed.

My friend asked for this edit before I posted this article.
*I’d like to share where I actually stand. I’m not a Republican or a Democrat; I’m a Christian. I’m a Navy veteran, proud to have served my country, and I love the men and women who defend our flag. But over the years, especially the last eight or so, I’ve come to see that stepping away from social media and politics is one of the healthiest things I can do for my mind, body, and soul. My hope is simply that people treat one another the way Christ did, rather than becoming entrenched in political ideologies that breed division instead of love.
I would add this edit to my friend’s edit
It may be a healthy choice for my friend as a rich, white, heterosexual man to step away from social media and politics. For marginalized people in our country, however, there is no stepping away possible. If we want to be the Good Samaritans God calls us to be, we, we can’t ignore those who because of politicies crafted in D.C., lie wounded on the side of the road. (i.e. immigrants, the poor, black and brown people etc.)

10/23/2026

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-deep-dive-how-russia-spent?r=gdp9j&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Reading through the Bible: Jeremiah 1-2/I Timothy 3

God’s Message came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
I said, “A walking stick—that’s all.”
And God said, “Good eyes! I’m sticking with you.
I’ll make every word I give you come true.” (Jeremiah 1:11-12)

A form of the Hebrew verb for “see” appears over 1300 times in the Hebrew Bible.

The Scriptures claim that we can see literally and figuratively, We can see with our eyes and sense in our heart.

Writing…

In today’s article, I am inviting you to do both. Watch with your eyes, Aaron Parnas’ video. Sense in your heart the weight of the tragic deaths of Angelina and her mother.

Building…

What do you see?

Then, let me ask, What will you do?

How five decades of business deals, intelligence contacts, and political favors led to a president who now sides with the Kremlin in a war killing Ukrainian civilians

10/22/2026

*Picture was shared by my late wife Jeannette in October of 2017 (not sure who is pictured praying…Is it you?)

Reading through the Bible…Isaiah 65-66/I Timothy 2-3

The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our Savior God wants us to live. (I Timothy 2:1-3)

Paul uses four different words to refer to prayer in this passage: deēseis-δεήσεις (entreaties), proseuchas-προσευχάς (prayers), enteuxeis ἐντεύξεις (intercessions), eucharistias-εὐχαριστίας (thanksgivings)

Prayer is prayer, right? Wrong. Paul reminds us here and elsewhere that there are all kinds of prayers and requests (Ephesians 6:18).

Believers then and now tend to fixate on one way to pray. “If I can’t use the thee’s and thou’s, I better not try to pray out loud. I have ADHD, I can’t sit still. I must not be a praying type of person.”

Paul says, find your own prayer language. Say what’s on your hearts. Or simply let the Holy Spirit groan for you with sighs too deep for words (Romans 8:26).

Listen. Let loose. God just wants to communicate with you. God wants to hear from you and speak to you.

Pray every way you know how. Then, pray for everyone.

For Paul in his day, the everyone included rulers and their governments, the same ones who are persecuting him and the rest of those who follow Jesus. He encourages this kind of prayer for those who will eventually martyr him.

Why? Because he believes that…this is the way our Savior God wants us to live

Writing…

The Presidential Prayer Team (PPT) was started in 2001 following the contentious 2000 U.S. election and the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Key Origins and Founders

• Retired Navy Captain Bill Hunter: After the 2000 election, Hunter wanted to encourage daily prayer for the nation’s leaders. He minted a custom coin depicting George Washington kneeling in prayer at Valley Forge and handed them out to his Sunday school class.

• Expanding the Idea: Encouraged by a pastor friend to think beyond their local church, Hunter partnered with David Bolthouse of the Envoy Group (a Christian advertising agency) to design an online prayer ministry.

• The 9/11 Launch: The team originally planned an online launch for November 2001. However, following the September 11 attacks, they rushed and officially launched the website September 18, 2001—just seven days later.

(Google AI summary of the history of the Presidential Prayer Team-PPT)

Since 2001, I have been praying with this group (which leans way to the right of where I find myself politically today). We are not martyrs (contrary to what some of us may claim). We are simply trying to do what Paul recommends.

Building…

Have these prayers, will these prayers, make any difference? I can only speak for myself and say, YES

I can’t prove how these prayers have shaped history. I can only testify to how these prayers have shaped me. By God’s grace, I am not the person I was in 2001. My world has widened, along with my heart.

I am learning to Pray Every Way (I) Know How…for Everyone…

How about you? Is it you (in the attached picture)?

10/21/2026

*Paula and the President...

Have you ever had anyone prophesy about you? Before you say “no”, read on.

Reading through the Bible…Isaiah 62-64/I Timothy 1

Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, (I Timothy 1:18 NIV)

Timothy does have someone prophesy about him.

We don’t know for sure who it is. In II Timothy, Paul mentions Timothy’s grandmother Lois and his mother Eunice. Are they the ones who predict for Timothy a bright future? (II Timothy 1:5 NIV)

Perhaps, instead, it is a group of believers gathered in a prayer meeting, laying hands on Timothy and speaking out their thoughts. They might say, “I see you doing this or I imagine you being this kind of person..”

Paul calls this process of envisioning someone else’s future a prophetic gift. (1 Corinthians 12:4-11, 1 Corinthians 12:28, and 1 Corinthians 14:1-5, also Romans 12:6 and Ephesians 4:11)

Writing…

Timothy has someone prophesy over him. So does our President.

Paula White-Cain frequently states that she tells Trump years in advance—during private prayer and gatherings—that he will eventually become president. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-election-2024-paula-white-god-b2567689.html

Have you ever wondered why Paula has an office in the White House and Melania now doesn’t? Maybe it’s because Paula prophesies. Maybe it’s because Paula predicts a bright future for Donald while Melania reminds him of some of the darkness in his past.

Paul encourages us to eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. However, in doing so, we must always Follow the way of love (I Corinthians 14:1 NIV)

Is Paula following the way of love in her predictions for the President? I don’t know. It seems to me more like she is following the way to the White House.

Inspite of its abuses, Paul still counsels us not to treat prophecy with contempt. Instead he invites us to test everything. Hold on to what is good and reject everything that is evil. (I Thessalonians 5:20-22)

Building…

Paula predicts Trump will become President. Ironically, my grandmother predicts my father will too. Dad tells us that his mother has great plans for him. I wonder sometimes how that effects him.

My father does succeed in becoming the President of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America for a one year rotating term…Still, its a far cry from President of the United States. POTRCA doesn’t have the same ring as POTUS.

When we predict people’s future, it shapes their future. We must do so with great humility and caution. So also, we should test those predictions. Are they shared and received in love?

So, let me put you to the testing.

I see you, in love, reading this article and perhaps prophesying over someone else. I imagine you lovingly telling them what you see in their future.

It won’t make you a prophet. I could make you a better family member or friend. It could equip someone you care about to fight the battle well.

Have you ever had someone prophesy about you? You have now!

10/20/2026

Paul and the early apostles had a rule. If you don’t work, you don’t eat. Permit me a paraphrase that might apply to our upcoming election. If you won’t work, you won’t get our vote.

Reading through the Bible…Isaiah 59-61/II Thess 3

Our orders—backed up by the Master, Jesus—are to refuse to have anything to do with those among you who are lazy and refuse to work the way we taught you...Don’t you remember the rule we had when we lived with you? “If you don’t work, you don’t eat.” (II Thessalonians 3:6 & 10-13)

Paul makes tents. He earns his own living while also planting churches and discipling believers on his missionary journeys.

Paul has little patience for those who refuse to follow his example.

Writing…

Republicans running for office are refusing to hold town halls or to engage in debates with Democratic challengers. When they do show up, they tend to show how unserious they are about filling elected office, as Republican Dan Sullivan of Alaska illustrated when he asked the moderators at a debate with Democrat Mary Peltola if she had been given the questions beforehand because she seemed to be reading from notes while he didn’t know how to answer the questions. As the moderators quashed his allegation, Peltola noted: “I’m prepared!” (Heather Cox Richardson in today’s short substack)

I say, if they don’t hold town halls, they don’t get into the halls of the U.S. Capital in Washington D.C. If they don’t want to represent us, they don’t get to be in the House of Representatives. If they don’t want to legislate, they don’t get to be legislators in the Senate.

Through August 31, the House had held floor votes on 65 days in 2026, according to an analysis by No Labels. That was the fewest through that point in a midterm election year since 1994. In 2018, the House had voted on 81 days by the end of August. In 2014, it was also 81. In 2010, 82. Even in 2022, when Congress was still dealing with COVID-era disruptions, the House had voted on 66 days. The House did come back in September and vote on five additional days—September 2, 3, 14, 15 and 16—before leaving town. So its pre-election total is now 70 voting days for the entire year.

https://open.substack.com/pub/caseyburgat/p/crash-course-how-many-days-has-congress?r=gdp9j&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

70 days out of 365.

I say, If they don’t work, they don’t get, or keep, the job.

Building…

We have one chance, my dear reader, we have one chance, to hire Representatives and Senators who will actually do their job. Either in early voting or on Election Day, we have one chance to actually put people to work for the good of our country and our world.

We can’t do anything right now about our President who never has worked for us. Apparently, now he works for Vladimir Putin.

We can, however, do something about Congress. We can, we must, not just for our sakes individually, but for the sake of so many others.

Say it loud! If you won’t work…you won’t get our vote.

Seems like the House and Senate have been home a lot. Is that true?

10/19/2026

*Trump hosts lavish Mar-a-Lago fundraiser ahead of midterms as photos offer rare glimpse inside glittering ballroom Oct 18, 2026 BY SANA YASEEN

*IMAGE SOURCE: AP PHOTO/MARK SCHIEFELBEIN
The President’s “Feast” at Mar-a-Largo on October 17 includes openAI President Greg Brockman, alongside his wife, Anna Brockman, and Google co-founder Sergey Brin. According to Forbes, Greg and Anna Brockman each contribute $12.5 million to the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc. super PAC during the election cycle.
For a few chosen billionaires, these days are feast days. Their feast days, however, won’t last. Long term investors favor fast days.

Reading through the Bible…Isaiah 56-58/II Thessalonians 2

“This is the kind of fast day I’m after: to break the chains of injustice, get rid of exploitation in the workplace, free the oppressed, cancel debts. What I’m interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families. (Isaiah 58:6-7)

God, according to Isaiah, favors long term investing. God’s not interested in our fleeting feast days. God’s not even that interested in our simply skipping a meal or two for a short period of time.

God wants us to commit to the enduring work of breaking the chains of injustice. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us that the arc of the moral universerse is long, but it bends towards Justice. It may take a while, but justice will prevail.

Writing…

Do this (Isaiah promises) and the lights will turn on, and your lives will turn around at once.
Your righteousness will pave your way. The God of glory will secure your passage. Then when you pray, God will answer. You’ll call out for help and I’ll say, ‘Here I am.’ (Isaiah 58:6-9)

I want those lights to turn on for our country’s President. I want God to open the eyes of the openAI President.

I believe that their selfish and souless feasting in this life is going to earn them God’s judgment in the life to come. (See Matthew 25:31-46). I believe that they will one day discover that in gaining the whole world, they have forfeited their own souls (Mark 8:36)

God wants, I want, for their souls to be saved. It does not seem to me, however, that this is what they want for themselves.

Building…

How about you and me? What do we want? Jesus shares this parable:

The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’ “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.” Luke 12:16-21

Do we want to build bigger barns or Build beloved communities (BBC)?

This day might be a good day for us to make a long term investment…Fast.

10/17/2026

*White House reporters are reacting to the abrupt ousting of President Donald Trump's press secretary, Katie Zacharia, after less than a week on the job. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) White House reporters react to Katie Zacharia’s ‘brutal’ exit as Trump’s press secretary. ‘You can’t just be hot and good on TV,’ one White House correspondent told Fox News Digital. Article by Joseph A. Wulfsohn , Brian Flood Fox News

Reading through the Bible…Isaiah 50-52/I Thessalonians 5

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger bringing good news…He didn’t even look human—a ruined face, disfigured past recognition. (Isaiah 52:7 &14 NIV)

We can understand the Beautiful Feet. The only way to get the news back in Isaiah’s day is with the help of feet. Through the desert, over craggy mountains, foot messengers would carry critical cargo.

Watch persons on the walls of the city look for them coming in the distance. Will it be good news or bad? O how beautiful those feet that carry the messenger and message, especially when it’s good news.

We can understand the beautiful feet. I can see Mary at the feet of Jesus. Pouring costly perfume over them, washing his feet with her hair (Luke 7:36-50).

Still, what are we to make of the disfigured face? What are we to make of מִשְׁחָת pronounced: mish-khath’, the Messiah’s corrupted and marred appearance?

Traditional Jewish scholars understand Isaiah to be referring to the nation of Israel. The whole nation of Israel has been corrupted and marred because of the sins that they have committed against God.

The disfigurement represents the judgement of God on an entire nation.

Christians, conversely understand Isaiah to be prophesying quite literally about Jesus Christ. This is not the anticipation of one nation suffering because of their own sin. Instead, Isaiah envisions all the nations of the world being redeemed through Jesus’ cruel death on the cross.

Jesus’ suffers not as retribution for one nation but for the redemption of all.

This, in my mind, represents a grand canyon of difference. Does God disfigure us because of our own sin? Or does God intend, even and in the midst of our curruption, to redeem us through God’s own sacrifice.

When confronting a man blind from birth, the disciples ask Jesus: “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”. Jesus replies, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.” (John 9:2–3 NIV)

All have sinned, according to the consistant witness of the Bible. All of us deserve disfigurement. The point, for Jesus, is not who sinned, but Who saves.

Writing…

Fox News hires beautiful people, in fact all of the major news outlets do. How beautiful are the feet and faces of everyone who brings us the news these daysi…including Katie Zacharia, right?

Still, one White House correspondent tells Fox, ‘You can’t just be hot and good on TV,’ at least if you want to avoid getting fired and eventually getting dis-figured in death.

Being good on TV, doesn’t necessarily translate into bringing good news. Genuinely good news goes more than skin or face deep.

Bad news: Like Israel in Isaiah’s time, we are a nation deserving disfigurement.

Good News: There is a Messiah who has taken that disfigurement on Himself.

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6)

Building…Beloved Communities (BBC)

Good News: Not all disfiguring is retributive.

*Brownson boys (Dad, Disfigured Billy, Dave, Jim and me on the far right)

Is my brother Billy disfigured because of the sins of our family. Who sinned, that my brother’s brain was scarred with encephalitis at the age of seven?

The point for us as a family, is not who sinned, Whether it’s Billy, my parents, whether it’s Katie Zacharia or the POTUS who hired her….

The point is not who sinned. The point is who saves. For me, Isaiah might have an answer.

Beautiful feet or disfigured face? I’ll take both.

10/16/2026

*Dan Britton, Jimmy Page, and Jon Gordon’s bestselling book One Word That Will Change Your Life

Before praying together yesterday with a few members of Movement West Michigan, Jodi, a former English teacher, schools us.

Someone asks me how I am doing. I respond by saying that “I am good….I am well.”

“Is there a difference?” the same someone asks.

Jodi explains: “Good” is an adjective which modifies a noun. “Well” functions as an ad-verb adding to the meaning of a verb.”

Who knew?

All that is to say that today’s article promotes the peculiarity and power of (your) words.

Reading through the Bible…Isaiah 47-49/I Thess 4

Therefore encourage one another with these words. (I Thessalonians 4:18)

The Greek word ὥστε hóste acts as a conjunction connecting verse 18 with the earlier verses. It’s a therefore…that is there for a peculiar function.

Hóste is peculiar in its usage. Hóste is also powerful. It joins a type of “if-then” statement. If…we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. (I Thessalonians 4:14) Then…we should encourage one another with these words.

Writing…

Words, particularly Gospel or good news words, can be peculiar and powerful. We can paraphrase them to encourage one another.

Words can also dis-courage. We can give life to others with our words. We can also pour cold water on their hopes.

For six days of the week, Aaron Parnas, has the weighty responsibility of telling the truth about this present administration. His close to one million Substack subscribers can see the impact of this kind of reporting on his countenance. We imagine that for him it can be exhausting and discouraging.

Still, every Sunday, he has a way of finding good news, good news that can encourage him and us. Aaron is Jewish, but his choice to publish his good news on Sunday is a uniquely Christian thing to do. Sunday is when Christians celebrate what we believe to be the good news that Jesus died and rose again.

Jodi schools me on the peculiarity of words. Aaron schools me, on Sundays. of their power.

Building Beloved Communities…

You and I don’t have close to a million subscribers. Still, our words can have their own peculiarity (can I get an amen?). They also can have power to encourage.

The word that Paul uses in our text for encourage roots in two Greek words para kaleo. It means literally to call (kaleo) beside (para). The Gospel of John quotes Jesus using the same root word four times to refer to the Holy Spirit (paraklētos): John 14:16 & 26; John 15:26; John 16:7

All that is to say that using our words to call people beside us is a Holy and Spiritual thing to do.

There can be peculiarity and power in our words, in your words. So, why don’t you Para kaleo someone today?

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