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How to Survive a Pharisee Apocalypse
Do you know how to survive a zombie apocalypse? Within the church, we’re at much higher risk for a more dangerous contagion. Let me start with a little story. Once, I worked with a mother who requested help. She’s on her own with no extended family and was struggling to know how best to manage …[ read more ]
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Will I Be Alone at the Lunch Table? (Thank You, Tosca Lee)
Will I be alone at the lunch table? Remember wondering that? As the photos of children returning to school or jumping on the bus for the first time flit across my Facebook feed, the memories flood back. I loved school. Learning was a joyful and effortless pursuit for me. Books were my haven, writing my …[ read more ]
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Breaking Free from Captivity – Living Free Going Forward
A miracle occurred for three women in Cleveland this week. They were set free after a decade of horrendous captivity. But, it hasn’t taken long to get a glimpse of how hard it can be to attain complete freedom. Walking away from their captor is a giant step, but it’s only the first step. In …[ read more ]
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Voluntary Chain Gangs
Ever serve time on a chain gang? I’ll bet you have. I’ll even bet you’ve volunteered to join one. If you’ve never seen one, it was a practice, now mostly abolished, whereby prisoners were chained together in order to do menial labor such as building roads or digging ditches. They were linked to one another …[ read more ]
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The Danger that Follows the Downfall of a Despot (Or why we should keep praying for Egpyt)
The people of Egypt are free for the first time in thirty years – for now. I can’t help but think about them this week and wonder how long their freedom will last. Forgive my skepticism but freedom from one despot does not mean freedom from all tyranny. You have to believe there are many, …[ read more ]