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It Takes a Community to Run a Garden
On Wednesday I started teaching a class at St Andrew’s Episcopal Church here in Seattle on Spirituality and Gardening. I always learn so much from what others share. This time some of our discussion...
View Article11 Felt Needs in our Young People
This a message that I gave at a parent conference in 2011. It was a parenting conference and this was my best attempt through the spirit of God to shake parents and wake them up to see their students...
View Article4 Things Pastors Want in a Capital Campaign Consultant
In 1999, when I served on the pastoral team of Clear Creek Community Church, we engaged a well-know campaign consultant. The experience was mediocre at best. It felt slick and tacked-on. I never...
View ArticleWhen a Good Guy Writes an Inconsistent Blog Post
text before contentI love Tim Challies. That is, as a Christian brother. In fact, I hope to say hello to him this month at the G3 Conference as he travels to my neck of the woods. Last time I saw him...
View ArticleFavourite Links Friday: 7 fantastic posts worth checking out!
Welcome to Favourite Links Friday! This is my way of saying “Thank-you” to all my fellow bloggers by sharing some of their wonderful posts that I have read during the week. I hope you enjoy them as...
View ArticleTrust-Building Exercise Does the Exact Opposite
If you've ever done a trust fall, you know the whole thing—ostensibly, a way to build trust between co-workers or youth group members—is actually an exercise in pure terror. And that's when it's done...
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Follow Me: Two Questions for a Disciple
Jesus of Nazareth asked two key questions of His disciple Peterquestions that each of us also must ultimately answer.
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Facing Senseless Tragedy
The December 2012 massacre in Connecticut gives further evidence of the deep darkness this world languishes under. How do we process this? And what are some lessons we should take from it?
View ArticleGod’s Love Looks Like This: Mother Teresa
A captivating clip from the archives; Mother Teresa preaches about the power of God’s love, and how it should be expressed to a lost world through the life of a believer. “How can you say you love God...
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How to Be a Better Communicator at Home
Communication is important, and it's not easy. In this video, Tim Witmer, author of The Shepherd Leader at Home, gives some practical advice to men on how we communicate. For starters, he says, turn...
View ArticleA God of No Temples
Our God does not demand that we worship Him in buildings or temples, nor does He require it or even ask it of us. We can (and should) worship God anywhere! If you completely take away buildings to meet...
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Executive Action Not the Way to Go
By Charlie Butts OneNewsNow.com A constitutional expert believes that if President Barack Obama resorts to executive orders to implement gun restrictions, as he is considering, it might backfire.It...
View ArticleThe Truth About Cell Phones on Airplanes: debunking the “turn off all...
If you’ve ever flown on an airplane, you’ve probably wondered what the real deal is on no phone or electronic device usage during take off and landing. This video debunks the myth that it could be a...
View Article'Cash for Clunkers' Was Bad for the Environment
During the economic recession in 2009, the Car Allowance Rebates System (CARS), better known as "cash for clunkers," was billed as a way to both stimulate the economy and help the environment by...
View ArticleScripture-inspired television
Following a trend emerging in big-screen productions, television producer Mark Burnett (creator of hits like Survivor and The Apprentice ) and his wife, actress Roma Downey ( Touched by an Angel ),...
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3 Reasons Christians Should Consider a Christian College
An admissions counselor counts the benefit of learning in a community of faith. In his book No Man Is an Island, Thomas Merton said, “We are all called by God to share in His life and in His kingdom....
View ArticleThe Avatar
Today’s Reading: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. – Genesis 1:1Remember the blockbuster film called The Avatar?No, I am not talking about the disaster of a film The LastAirbender...
View ArticleMath is not “Real”
Math is not real, at least in the “discovery of correspondence” sort of way of talking about “realness”. Instead, math is a construction of our collective will and mind, held together only by...
View ArticleHelp needed – the destruction of the Correspondence Theory of Truth
Been thinking and talking about the nature of Math and Science lately. While doing so, I’m reminded of this passage from Richard Rorty. I can’t help but be convinced that he’s correct and that the only...
View ArticleFaithful leadership in Indiana
With Mike Pence succeeding Mitch Daniels in the governor’s mansion, Christian conservatism is alive and well in the Hoosier State
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