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When You’re Fine – Except, You’re Not
Earlier in this decade, I thought about dying every day for a year. I wasn’t planning suicide or battling a life-threatening illness, I was simply overburdened and weary to the point of imagining that perhaps even a brief hospital-stay sounded like a relief. My life was a super-highway with no scenic over-look, so my mind …[ read more ]
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We Have to Talk about Sex and . . .
The world is having a conversation and most Christians are hiding from it. That’s not what Jesus would do. This isn’t a post with pat answers because every congregation is interacting with a different community, so how we live this out is going to look different, but I can tell you this – Jesus expects …[ read more ]
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The Gentle Art of Hard Conversations – and Coffee
As a nation, we need to start having some seriously hard conversations. This was true before last Tuesday but now, it’s not only true, it’s obvious. What is less obvious is that this is an opportunity for the church to lead. Who better to guide people through hard conversations than an entire family of believers …[ read more ]
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Christian Flashcards: Can You Find the Pharisee?
People these days seem to imagine that Jesus would be laid back and cool. We appropriate a twisted version of grace that says Jesus came to say “It’s okay, man. You’re fine. I love you. Follow me and don’t change a thing about you.” Because of this, we’re drawn to the preacher with skinny jeans, …[ read more ]