Category: discipleship
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› Read more: Let Loneliness Lead You to the Faithful Friend
Let Loneliness Lead You to the Faithful Friend
Underneath the noisy newsfeeds and behind the flowery photo opps with lovely lattes, many women are living what Thoreau called…
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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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