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The devaluing of life
Somehow the “red states” think they are “pro-life” and will still find ways to kill people.
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The direction of faith
Where do we LOOK? It’s not about “how much” faith. It’s a matter of where we look IN faith. Matthew 17:14-21 The secret, of course, is that the size of the faith isn’t important; what’s important is the God in whom you believe. If you want to see the moon, the size of the window you’re looking through isn’t important;…
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Learning to “quit” books
A discipline I’ve had to learn later in life is when to STOP reading a book. Too often I felt “obligated” to finish a book once I had started it. I would often read a book because it had come highly recommended and I wanted to plow through it, but it was just a huge chore. Other times I’ve tried…
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Tim Keller — ministry shifts he engaged
I am working my way through Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation by Collin Hansen.
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Book review — The Multiplier’s Mindset
It is a nice thing when I read something and actually KNOW the author. Cynthia Anderson and her husband Todd have been good friends of ours for a long time. Their ministry has been great to support and when we are together we continue to be sharpened by these friends. Her new book, The Multiplier’s Mindset is out and here…
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The gift of character
In a time when character has not even been the conversation when it comes to politics and solving big issues, Mitt Romney has put it on full display as a senator and leader. He leaves the Senate after one term and is talking honestly about what we’ve known all along: the GOP has become the POT (Part of Trump) and…
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Antisemitism and the fallacy of “free speech”
When Elon Musk was finalizing the takeover of Twitter last year, someone asked me what that meant. I said, “It’s the owner of nuclear dump site buying a dumpster fire and saying, ‘I can make this better.’” Powerful people can’t help themselves. They buy up avenues in which they want to “say things” and then feel like it’s protected free…
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What has formed you?
I am breezing my way back through a great memoir, The Pastor, by Eugene Peterson. What a gentle book to remind me of life and calling! Peterson grew up in a setting familiar to me when it came to church. His story resonates deeply in my life, at least until he went to college.
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True Authority
Supposing there was a different kind of authority. Supposing there was a different kind of power. A power that didn’t work by having an army at its back, and thugs to break down your door at five in the morning; a force that had nothing to do with violence, and everything to do with the strange compelling power of freedom…
