Brian Maloy
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Tower House became our home for 14 months, almost to the day. After all, home isn’t necessarily a building per se, but where you go back to, where you remain, where you are safe, and where your family dwells. It’s a curious thing, because many people move around often, are empty-nesters, or any combination of…
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As always, there is a lot in our passage this week — and it’s excellent. We just stepped a few weeks ago out of the Sermon on the Mount, and Jesus’ ministry has officially begun publicly. We have to recap a bit from last week (because it’s been a couple weeks with the snow). Things…
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In our quest to cover Matthew in 6 months… we pop over some spots. Sadly this week we pop over the Lord’s Prayer, and head straight to Matt. 6:19-34. Thankfully it’s a great spot to pick up our study in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5-7). After all, the Sermon on the Mount is…
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This week we pop into Chapter 5 (which is a familiar favorite for many, and misunderstood and misquoted too!). But sadly we don’t have time to read and study ALL of chapter 5. The good news is, there are probably more commentaries, books, and sermons than I can easily count written on “The Sermon on…
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One year ago I showed up to school, honestly pretty excited because it was the last week before Christmas Break. Finals were upon us (which is very chill as a teacher who is just proctoring). I even dressed up as Buddy the Elf (a little against my will) for the last day at Pawprint (our…
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Consider where we have been in the last year or so. We studied Exodus, into Leviticus. Where God freed His people from bondage, and helped them understand what it meant to live in His Kingdom, as a holy and set apart people. Then we went to 1/2 Peter, where so poetically and directly, we see…
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I can’t begin to tell you how much I have loved Deuteronomy this last quarter. I’ve read it at least a dozen times before, but slowing down, and seeing how the nuance and details fit into the larger narrative of Scripture is amazing, and a gift to us. We’re in Deut. 30 this week, nearing…
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Friends, I know many of you are wondering. Lately when we run into folks, it’s the first question (naturally), so I thought it may be helpful to provide a brief update. When we were in Colorado, nearly 2 months ago, things were being held up by the county for building permits. The house was demo’d…
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It’s been just over six months since the fire. Sometimes it does hit me that everything is gone and we are untethered. We’ve spent the last week in Colorado, visiting old friends in Colorado Springs, and watching all our little kids become sweet friends, and then exploring in Durango/Vallecito where I spent many happy summers.…
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I was out walking tonight in the dark and the rain before bed, and remembered that I haven’t updated in a long time. Because honestly, there hasn’t really been anything to update. However, this week it will have been five months since we lost everything — our home, all we owned, and our sweet sixth…
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