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Stop Murdering Terrorists
Growing up one of my heroes was Brother Andrew. I was reminded of his story this past weekend when a friend was listening to God’s Smuggler on audio. Then, this article was posted on Christianity Today’s website. The challenge in all of our lives as believers is to step up and truly love our neighbor. 1. We need a better Kingdom view of love. 2. We…
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Welcome, Spring!
Minneapolis, MN (55401) 7°F (-13°C) Clear
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Returning from Silence
Leading a silent retreat was a new experience. It wasn’t as “silent” for me, but I still had a good amount of time given to silence. What I have discovered this time is the return. I am back into a full schedule after coming back Sunday afternoon, and my soul is restless. It is more difficult today than in times…
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Solving the Political Impasse
My family has figured out how to settle the impasse politicians have these days when it comes to… well… ANYTHING. So, to pass a budget, we recommend following the rules of the Catholic conclave (modified). If they can elect a POPE in three ballots, surely some modified rules can get a budget passed in Congress. First, lock them in a…
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Jesus WILL Offend You
60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” 61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?” (John 6:60-61, NIV) Contrary to contemporary “religious” belief… excuse me, “spiritual” belief… Jesus will not just give you a sloppy wet kiss and hug you into heaven. He will…
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We Settle for SO LITTLE
26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” (John 6:26-17, NIV)…
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Prophesying False Hope
Pick the hot social issue of the day. Pick the hot button issue of any type in our current time. Think of the rhetoric you hear on blogs and other forms of media. On any issue, no matter the “side,” more often than not you will hear opinion. Sometimes, as Christians, it may have some sense of “biblical” formation. Yet,…
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Google Reader is dead
I don’t know if you still use RSS or not. I don’t even know what that means, but I have used Google Reader. Now, without consulting ME about their decision to remove something free from my life… they are discontinuing it. And fast. They are dropping it faster than their igoogle format. I will still have the RSS available for sign up…
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Words from Francis I
From Pope Francis I’s first homily: “We must always walk in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, always trying to live in an irreprehensible way,” he said in a heartfelt homily of a parish priest, loaded with biblical references and simple imagery. “When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and…
