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The moral conversation
David Brooks hits the moral conversation issue hard again. Where do we find the answers to the great questions we have, such as, “What is the purpose of my life?” We still ask those kinds of things, but where are the voices that can help guide the answers? Public conversation doesn’t want a moral voice any long. We want political…
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The choice of joy
The enemy robs through anxiety. Jesus restores through joy.
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When the large needs to learn from the small
In the church context, that’s another conversation. And, let’s be honest, probably one that won’t be had in the near future. But there IS a context it SHOULD happen… and SOON. There are two situations linked in a way I think it’s time to say, “The large could learn from the small.” One article posted by a couple of teachers…
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Help us care. Help us pray!
More persecution. How we need to lift up the Body of Christ in prayer! Bishop Angaelos, the general bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom, underscored the Ethiopians’ testimony. “Once again we see innocent Christians murdered purely for refusing to renounce their faith,” he said in a statement. “As Christians, we remain committed to our initial instinct…
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Bigness and blessedness
My constant mantra in ministry to keep me somewhat centered on Christ and not just the stuff we do is this: “It’s a both/and world.” It’s analog. It’s digital. It’s huge. It’s small. It’s “attractional.” It’s “missional.” There are simply places for both. In the world. In the church. Yet, in American Christianity, we keep bumping into the same mistake.…
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Some respect. Who knew?
Nicholas Kristof is a columnist for The New York Times. I have admired his work when he goes to Africa and writes of the horror he witnesses constantly in that area of the world. He focused on the Sudan years ago and brought a lot of awareness to the genocide in that country. In this column he openly admits he has…
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The devaluing of human life
Usually when it comes to war and use of force, especially use of troops, media sources like The New York Times are fairly pacifist. (Depending on the president in office at the time and their political party, of course.) Generally speaking, many media outlets back off the calling for use of force. But this editorial in The New York Times was strident. They…
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When you can’t even read the Constitution
I clearly hesitate to wade into arguments and battles that just can’t have any resolution in a public forum. They are also discussions I thoroughly like having in small groups or with individuals. But when an argument is so poor that it causes me to almost throw my computer across a room, I need to say at least SOMETHING on…
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Not so smart criminal of the day
A drug ring gets busted in St. Paul, MN because customers finally notice a local pizza parlor didn’t seem to be open very much. And then there’s this: “On August 19, 2014, a concerned citizen made a report with the St. Paul Police Department that Papa Dimitri’s Classic Pizza and Ice Cream located at 466 Hamline Avenue South … is…
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