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The Secret You’ll Hate Me for Telling You
I’ve been thinking about the sacrifices of persecuted Christians in other countries you know, in between television shows and restaurant outings. In wondering about them and what makes them capable of laying down their lives, I’ve also wondered (during breaks from social media and watching the latest Youtube video) what gets in our way that …[ read more ]
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God Just Can’t Leave Well Enough Alone
The apostle Paul stretched out, waterlogged, on an unfamiliar beach blinking in the white sun surrounded by pieces of ship and others not fortunate enough to open their eyes again on this shore. Peter caught by Paul, red-faced and ashamed, facing correction for spurning the Gentile Christians around the Jewish Christians who might judge him, facing something worse now – the …[ read more ]
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At Wit’s End
Have you ever been at wit’s end? I vividly recall the day I was there. Twenty-five of us lay on the wooden karate school (dojo) floor on our backs sweating breathing heavy muscles straining some of the younger students crying. Standing in the front of the room the sensei scolded loudly “Leg lifts,” I said, …[ read more ]