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The privileged life of narcissism
The big story out of this weekend was Elliot Rodger. Another gunman goes crazy. More innocent lives taken. More calls for gun control. More concern for mental illness. (And by the way, nothing will be done about either of those things. Just chill. No need to comment on either subject.) As I’ve watched this story unfold (and I couldn’t help it because…
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Angst without the guidance
This article from First Things is a critique of Matthew Vine’s work on homosexuality. THAT will get some comments (possibly), but that is NOT what I want to focus on. What I want to focus on is the bottom of the article in this paragraph: We do not judge a Christian teacher only by his age or experience, to be…
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Spiritual Mothers
It’s Mother’s Day, which apparently causes a lot of angst these days on Facebook and the blogosphere. It’s amazing what a card company can do by creating a holiday. This will be an opportunity today (and on Father’s Day) where I will take the opportunity to talk about spiritual parenting. This past week we have dealt in our church with some…
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Donald Sterling and Racism
The story that erupted this weekend regarding LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been brought to a head this afternoon by the NBA issuing a lifetime ban on Sterling and making sure he sells his portion of the team so he has nothing to do with the NBA ever again. The audio tape that was leaked over the weekend was…
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Save us from the “Rah Rah” Resurrection
Every year there is some comment, post, article, etc., out there that will wonder why Christians go through the “morbidity” of Lent or “dwell” on the crucifixion. It’s a braggadocious claim about how they live in the resurrection power. Jesus is alive! Jesus IS alive. And the resurrection IS where we dwell. We live in the power of the same Spirit that raised Christ…
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The obligation of the Kingdom
Reflecting on society, laws, cultural wars… and having a lot of time to think while I was driving across Iowa… I began to think on what I practice but do not articulate very well. I am not sure I can still articulate it well, but this is my attempt. No matter what laws are passed or are not passed in…
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Thinking on the obligation of the Kingdom of God
A thought I want to develop: My obligation to the kingdom of God calls me to treat any human being with far more respect than any culture here on earth could possibly demand of me.
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When the shoe is on the other foot…
Now, the call from the “left” is that it’s time to stop calling “fundamentalists” Christians. Which is okay, I suppose, because “fundamentalists” have thought “liberals” weren’t saved a long time ago. So… no one is the Kingdom now. Do we feel better now? There is no amount of pleading right now I could do… or anyone… to keep the shouting down. We’re…
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Of course MY view of the issue is absolutely correct
Pick this week’s hot topic (or one of several that have exploded this week) and we have simply managed to yell at one another. Every one of us are capable of grabbing our particular issues, holding on for dear life, and demanding 100 percent allegiance… and it goes all across the board. I have not really found ANY “voice” exempt…
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Irrelevant leadership
Henri Nouwen in his wonderful little book titled In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership shows just how “out of touch” he was in his day. Irrelevant leadership? Puh-leeeaaze! The temptation is to be relevant. To show power, ability, or rightness. “Words like right-wing, reactionary, conservative, liberal, and left wing are used to describe people’s opinions and many discussions then seem…
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