Can They Emulate Me?
Lately, I’ve been sitting with a question that feels both simple and uncomfortable: If someone followed my life closely, could they safely emulate me? Not my teaching. Not my ideas. Not my leadership title. My life. Because discipleship is not just information. It’s imitation. I’ve been reading about Moses again, especially moments like the rebellion in Numbers 16. His leadership is questioned publicly. His authority is challenged. It’s tense and deeply personal. And Moses’
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Identity Formed in Proximity
The Canonical reading of Scripture has been stirring something deep within me. As I read, one story in particular would not let me go, the story of Moses. Moses’ life starts amid upheaval Born during a genocide. Saved, but still incomplete separated. Adopted into a culture that was not his own. From the beginning, his identity was complicated. He must have looked different. Spoken differently. Carried questions he could not easily answer. Who am I? Where do I belong? What do
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