Gimme shelter, sang the Rolling Stones. Give everyone headphones and a study booth, might be the 2027 remix.

The way I think about things like this — like Hezekiah's story — is like walking around a shed filled with metaphorical mechanisms. But then, my grandfather was a toolmaker.

Not another thing! How on earth can someone be expected to rejoice when they've just heard the flock is even cut off from the fold now?

Not preaching here, just thinking aloud! What if we take three Bible characters and stand in their shoes — and let them stand in ours? Situations. Motivations. Implications.

Sitting in the morning's stillness, wondering if being disarmed and bound could also be an embrace? A reflection on Mark 3, distraction, stillness, and learning to listen.