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My Personal Blog

Thanks for stopping by my personal blog page where you will find all of the blog segments that have been published.

Please note: they are in chronological order, with the latest one first and the first one (1.0) at the bottom or on a previous page. The numbers refer to the chapter of the source document from which my ideas arose.

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John 20.5: Where Belief Becomes Trust

John left me with a question I couldn't shake.

I'd always assumed John 20:31 was about believing the right things. But what if John meant something deeper? What if belief isn't the destination, but the beginning? As an old fisherman and a modern gardener walk together through a simple tomato patch, I begin to discover the difference between believing and trusting—and why that difference may change everything.

Belief plants. Trust tends. Life grows.

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John 20:17 meaning, My Father and your Father, spiritual doubt and grief, Gospel of John reflection, The John Project Alan John 20:17 meaning, My Father and your Father, spiritual doubt and grief, Gospel of John reflection, The John Project Alan

20.4 - Come Stand Where I’m Standing

After Millie died, the easy answers about God no longer worked. Four years into my journey through John’s Gospel, I returned to two verses at the end of chapter 20 and imagined John inviting me to stand where he stood, look again, and see what Jesus wanted us to understand about the Father.

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