Category: discipleship
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› Read more: The Inflation We Tend to Encourage
The Inflation We Tend to Encourage
I’m not usually one to keep up with economic trends like inflation, largely because I don’t fully understand it. However,…
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› Read more: When Fiction Strengthens Faith: Willa Cather and Love for the Local
When Fiction Strengthens Faith: Willa Cather and Love for the Local
We live in Southern California. My driver’s license and return address stamp have told me so for more than a…
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› Read more: Baseball & Broken Plans
Baseball & Broken Plans
Real talk: our youngest who breathes baseball did not make the All-Star team. In the grand scheme of things, this…
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› Read more: Spiritual Angioplasty
Spiritual Angioplasty
I came into this week thinking it would be a normal one. But as I sit here on my couch…
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› Read more: Meanwhile in Midian: The Purpose of the Messy Middle
Meanwhile in Midian: The Purpose of the Messy Middle
It’s about to be graduation season where we celebrate beginnings with their vague hope and endings with their celebratory finality.…
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› Read more: The Power of a Visit
The Power of a Visit
I thought I knew what a visit was until the Lord allowed me to make some Afghan friends. I visit…
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› Read more: Blade by Blade: Painting the World Blue
Blade by Blade: Painting the World Blue
Red and blue. Progressive and traditional. These words have become battle lines and rallying cries in our alarmingly divided nation.…
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› Read more: Precious & Painful Death
Precious & Painful Death
When the Lord speaks, a sentence can feed and fuel a soul. This morning in the corporate reading of Scripture,…
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› Read more: Imposition & Accommodation
Imposition & Accommodation
We are an imposing people. When stepping into a culture, we tend to impose ourselves and our ways onto it. We…
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› Read more: Bemoaning Boredom
Bemoaning Boredom
Communication is not what is spoken but what is heard. Throughout the day, there are about a billion things I…
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