Pharisees Archives | Lori Roeleveld | Lori Roeleveld, Author. Speaker. Disturber of hobbits.

Against Self-Interest (The Greats Play for Love)
Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 5 Comments

Professional athletes study the game. They watch game tapes over and over, noting each nuance of those who excel. Then, they take their observation...
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The Art of Hard Conversations
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 10 Comments

Do you avoid hard conversations? Do you have an aversion to speaking the truth when it’s unpleasant? That’s not uncommon. Me, I have an aversio...
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How to Survive a Pharisee Apocalypse
Tuesday, September 6th, 2016 3 Comments

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 lit...
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A Rhode Island Story I Hope Will Truly Scare You
Friday, October 30th, 2015 4 Comments

This time of year, around these parts, we tell scary stories. One of them is about Mercy Brown. Mercy Brown was buried in Exeter, Rhode Island, Jan...
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You Won’t Believe What I Found on the Roof
Thursday, June 27th, 2013 2 Comments

There's so much I don't know. Even more that I can't control. A lot of days, I gasp across the entrance to home my head throbbing my thoughts ...
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