Sometimes the world’s idea of success is a number, like a perfect GPA or SAT score. It can be a winning score in a competition or game. In...
Are you in the doctrinal, charismatic, or activist “camp” when it comes to your faith? As I’ve discussed in previous posts, one problem in the modern and post-modern...
Have you ever thought about why you go to church? It’s not just for the coffee and donuts, though some churches offer really good coffee these days! We’ve...
Some of us may be guilty of knowing a lot about God and even having moments of intense emotion in our faith, but ultimately failing to put what...
There’s a powerful scene at the end of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings that was not in the movie. After the ring is destroyed at Mount...
I know a pastor whose study contained a desk, a kneeler, and a couple of chairs. The desk and its accompanying chair were well worn from hours of...
Relationships are tricky. Each one is different. They’re messy and complicated and painful, yet we can’t flourish without them. Relationship is at the center of exchange. It’s at...
We get up, get dressed, snatch some breakfast, and rush to work on a weekly basis. We grind through our weekly assignments or whatever routine work we do...
Does your job feel like a small cog in a large wheel? Understanding the value of the cog to the larger machinery, as well as the value of...
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