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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 Longing for Deeper Freedom

The Longing for Deeper Freedom
So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. - John 8:36 It is a universal cry of the human heart.  The cry 'freedom' has resonated through the long halls of history and just as in day's past. This longing resonates just as loudly today.  Of course, freedom has many contexts including…
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3 Lies That Keep Us Running: Chronic Busyness

Talk to almost anyone these days, ask how they're doing and one of the first couple of words will be the word busy!  Daily life in North America is lived at a blinding pace and being chronically busy seems to be the norm.  However many are desiring to take a big step off the "busy"…
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Patient Trusting – A Reflection

Patient Trusting – A Reflection
Trusting the hand of God to lead us, direct us and complete us can sound pretty spiritual and pretty pious. However, anyone who is in transition can attest these can be very lonely, confusing and often frustrating times.  At times, we wonder if we will ever break through, give birth to this new thing God…
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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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Interview with Michael Rose on Becoming Love

Interview with Michael Rose on Becoming Love
Michael talks about his latest book "Becoming Love. Avoiding Common Forms of Christian Insanity" and shares a great deal of the heart that permeates the book and inspires his ministry and life. "In Becoming Love, Michael Rose leads us to the very foundation of our Christian faith and helps us step off the treadmill of…
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Where’s Waldo?

2009 Classic Media Distribution Ltd. One of the richest things for me the past while has been learning to see God in all things. I have to admit some days I am blind as a bat and finding God in some things is like a brutal "Where's Waldo" puzzle. If you have ever seen a…
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Failure isn’t Fatal

Failure isn’t Fatal
There is a classic line in one of my favorite Batman movies (yes… I like superhero movies). It comes from the Dark Knight, and it is a question that is asked several times throughout the movie and often in the aftermath of failure or in the face of fear of a great challenge. The question…
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Renovated by the Word: Scriptures

Renovated by the Word: Scriptures
The Holy Spirit brings that "bang!" to the scriptures in many wonderful and dynamic ways. These ways lead us deeper into rest (read: not working our tails off trying to earn Gods love and acceptance), they lead us into a greater sense of the Fathers crazy love for us, our uniqueness, and expand our capacity…
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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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