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Culture of Love in the Trinity

Culture of Love in the Trinity
One of the things we like to do as human beings is to figure out whose in charge, who runs things or if you like, who has the power.  Once we get an idea of where the power lies, we want to figure out what our position is relative to that power, and then, in…
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The Art of Non-Evangelism

The Art of Non-Evangelism
 Have you ever realized that you just seem to do certain things well but they seem to come so easily you take them for granted?  I had this pointed out to me in a couple areas of my life - things that I just did - I thought they were no big deal but I…
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Love Has Feet

Love Has Feet
Eugene Peterson writes in the Message translation of the Bible that in so many ways love has been graphitti'd over by a self-absorbed culture.  Our modern love stories are more akin to lust stories, and when we look closely at today's idea of love it is really quite anemic and, for this reason, lacks any…
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Show me the Kingdom of God

Show me the Kingdom of God
A follower of Jesus went into the city to meet with an elderly Spiritual Director.   They sat under the old elm tree and enjoyed a glass of iced tea, enjoying the warmth of the spring day.    As the conversation was lively and often deep, the elder turned to the other and asked quite…
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Falling Fearlessly into Love

Falling Fearlessly into Love
For a great many of the folks that I have had the privilege to work with, the smudge on the lens of Christian surrender has made genuine surrender very difficult. For many, when we speak about surrender we immediately think in the language of the world system which is often capitulation. Capitulation is the kind of…
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The Heart of Good Gifts

The Heart of Good Gifts
One of the things I really enjoy is getting together with other folks who are on the journey.   I am astounded at how the central themes are all the same but the expression of those themes through individual lives is marvelously varied and unique.  It reminds me that the God we serve is infinitely…
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The Yes Man

The Yes Man
"Then you don't love me" she said defiantly.  I asked "What do you mean?" She replied "If you loved me you would support me in this decision."  To which I gently replied "It is because I love you that I don't agree with your decision." There is a trend in our society today that if we…
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The Neighbor’s – Short Story

The Neighbor’s – Short Story
  God will often offend the mind to reveal the heart, and the following is a short story I wrote as an adaptation of the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. Set in the modern day, I have attempted to re-tell this powerful story in such a way that we can identify with each of the…
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Answers Amidst the Struggle

Answers Amidst the Struggle
There is a collision that occurs within a kingdom heart, often unseen beneath the surface; it occurs in the spaces between empty knowledge and honest experience, fusing the two into something useful. Life is born in this expanse. I believe Paul once referred to it as a “renewing of the mind”. It is a process…
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God Qualifies the Called: Leadership

God Qualifies the Called: Leadership
Many pastors I speak with confess that, in so many ways, they feel ill-equipped to lead a church community.  Despite a great education, they don't feel as ready as they think they should, and the challenges of church life can bring the right kind of pressures that seem to expose these weaknesses. Every person is…
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