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Crossing Cultures Devotional Memoir

Place

“Of all the places you’ve lived, which one is your favorite?” 

It was a casual conversation and a question I’ve been asked many times. Impossible to answer.

So I said the usual: “There’s something special about each one.”

But over the next days I reflected on the significance of place in our lives. What is it that lodges a certain location in our hearts and minds? 

And I began to notice place in God’s Word.

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Clean

They hear about this man. News travels fast along trade routes. Rumors fly down country roads. 

And suddenly, here he is. Walking into their village.

They stand at a distance. Ten men. Diseased. Desperate in their pain and isolation. Unclean.

“Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” They say it loud. Across the divide.

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