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Ouch
Did you know that people still get leprosy? Until a few weeks ago, I didn’t. I thought [...]
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Shoulder Taps
A pastor got into the pulpit to preach his first sermon to his new congregation. He delivered [...]
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“Part One: C*****anity: What if the Church Could Get Rid of Christ?”
During these weeks of Lent, [...]
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Chasing Birds
One of our boys has always had this fascination with wildlife. When he was three years old, [...]
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Eat the Watermelon and Spit Out the Seeds
I was thinking a lot about my friend Angie Shannon [...]
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“Misery needed company. Merry Christmas.”
The 4:00 pm Christmas Eve service at my congregation is [...]
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Advent: Imagining a World Without God
I received a phone call from a doctor who told [...]
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Wild Mercy
Waiting and preparation shape these days of Advent, two thousand years ago and today. In this season [...]
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Shakedown Sunday
November is typically Stewardship time in the church, and it leads to uncomfortable questions about the proper [...]