Batch Batchelder
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Batch Batchelder
PRAYER — BC 27
King Jesus, thank you that your church is not confined to the people we think should populate our pews and fill our Bible studies. You call scandalous saints and surprising sinners marked not by sterling moral credentials but by a brazen faith in the gospel. Give me the eyes to see those unlikely people who recognize your kingdom when... See more
King Jesus, thank you that your church is not confined to the people we think should populate our pews and fill our Bible studies. You call scandalous saints and surprising sinners marked not by sterling moral credentials but by a brazen faith in the gospel. Give me the eyes to see those unlikely people who recognize your kingdom when... See more
Prayer and
Deadlines, loud requests and last-minute interventions are crude forcing functions. They’re inefficient and common.
It’s far more effective to organize for important instead.
We thrive when we do things when we have the most leverage, not when everyone else does. Waiting for trouble means that you’re going to spend your days dealing with trouble.
It’s far more effective to organize for important instead.
We thrive when we do things when we have the most leverage, not when everyone else does. Waiting for trouble means that you’re going to spend your days dealing with trouble.
Organizing for urgent
Build and
no receipt openeth the heart but a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession.
2026.01.01
Psalm 8, Ecclesiastes 3, Hebrews 2: Not Mastery, Reception
Your heavens.
The work of your fingers.
The moon and the stars, you set in place.
Not spreadsheets.
Not resolutions.
But sky.
Vastness.
Silence that dwarfs ambition.
What is mankind that you remember them?
Human beings that you visit them?
Small. Mortal. ʾEnōš.
And yet — crowned.
Entrusted
... See moreValue-Simplicity and
When you stop treating your current opportunity as a stepping stone to something else and start treating it as the only one that matters, opportunity finds you.
The past is a teacher, not a judge. Your next move matters more than your last mistake.
PRAYER — HC 94
Gracious God, the moment I give my heart to someone or something apart from you, I'm breaking the first command, and all the others soon topple too. Keep me looking to you alone, loving, fearing, and honoring you with all my heart. Amen.
Gracious God, the moment I give my heart to someone or something apart from you, I'm breaking the first command, and all the others soon topple too. Keep me looking to you alone, loving, fearing, and honoring you with all my heart. Amen.
Prayer and
January 11, 2026 Epiphany • Day 6
At Jesus’ baptism the moment is cross-shaped: horizontally, in Jesus humanity is reconciled to one another as the Jordan becomes a bridge to the nations; vertically, in Jesus humanity is reconciled to God as heaven opens and Father, Son, and Spirit are revealed.
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Excerpted from Exodus90 Program:
Jesus stands in the
... See moreAn argument, though, is an exchange of ideas that ought to surface insight and lead to a conclusion.
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