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Could it be that, sometimes, the things we do to cope are the very things we need to let go? The way alcoholics NEED alcohol to function, and yet it’s what they need to get rid of… What if the things you do to get by, the way you spend your money, the things you [...]

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A few of us have been getting together Sunday afternoons for a LOTR (that’s Lord of the Rings) book study. And although I recommend reading it just for escapist fun, it’s one of the books that have helped me the most over the years… Tolkien believed that just the way ideas are conveyed through sounds, [...]

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Here’s a clip from the documentary “Comedian.” It probably has a very limited appeal as a movie, but I really liked it. Here Jerry Seinfeld is talking to a young comedian who feels like his work requires too much sacrifice. I think this is actually one of the more difficult lessons of being a performer…or [...]

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One of the first books I read during seminary was Margins by Richard Swenson and I hated it. I hated it because its thesis was that to get more out of life, one often needs to do less. Much less. You see I was VERY busy in those days, and I liked it that way. [...]

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There’s a lot of resistance these days to the idea of being a plain anything. Everything is geared for a particular demographic. Brands are everywhere; even ministries are often “targeted” toward specific people groups. Of course, because of our geographic location and the language, we are limited to a particular demographic too… but that’s not [...]

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I’ve been meaning to write an “About” page, and I’m hoping you can help me with it. When I visit a church site, the part I’m most interested in is seeing who the staff is – any idiot can cut and paste a cool sounding mission statement, but it’s the people who really shape things. [...]

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It’s a hazy Saturday afternoon and I have a question for ya’: Why was the early church so… good /radical /generous /outrageously loving? There’s a part in Acts 2:42 that talks about the life of the early church, and how people went so far as to sell possessions to help those who were in need. [...]

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There’s a restaurant (that I won’t name) that is outrageously good and has gotten better every time we’ve eaten there. It is not well known and not in a convenient location, but the food is made with such surprising care and fresh ingredients with so little fanfare or pretension. But each meal has been a [...]

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Most people think that spiritual growth is about becoming a good person and progressing, one day, to sainthood…and most people place themselves at or close to the “good person” point. Jesus has a very different idea. The journey between sinner and saint is an easy one…but every person is born seeing themselves as “good,” and [...]

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