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Slow Down to Soak Up the Grace
Sometimes slower gets you there sooner and better. Like slow food, grace must be savored. Life moves too quickly at best. The Long, Lingering, Meandering Way We meander and gather our thoughts. We stop here and there to taste and… Continue reading
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Living in Exile
Are you homesick? Do you feel disengaged, disoriented, and dispossessed in a world where nothing is familiar? Is there a feeling of hostility from or toward you as you confront the values and cultures around you? There is actually a… Continue reading
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Dog Whistles
I’ve spent no small amount of time pondering this. How is it that people I respect, people of integrity, and people I presume to be intelligent, believe a lie. In fact, one lie leads to another and trust is developed… Continue reading
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Let It Roll Down
When do justice and righteousness roll down like streams of refreshing water? “But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.” – Amos 5:24 It is as if Amos were here with us today. His words… Continue reading
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Resolve
Care to Lead a Blameless Life I will be careful to lead a blameless life— when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart. –New International Version Psalm 101:2 Here is… Continue reading
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Money Makes What Go Around?
Contentment is not contained in wealth. You can be content whether you are wealthy or poor. Contentment is an attitude, choice, and way of thinking. We gain it in the pursuit of values that transcend wealth You have a relationship… Continue reading
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Throw out the Idols
In a World of Manure, You Might as Well Make Fertilizer Setting the Agenda: Reflections on Jeremiah 10:1–16 Part of the problem we have is an agenda — who sets the agenda, and how we live with the agenda we’ve chosen. I think… Continue reading
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Checklists on the Path of Acting the Way We Ought
I have two thoughts on behavioral checklists. One is about how central they were to the Wesleyan revival and the Holy Club at Oxford. The list was long and the accountability strong and it resulted in Methodism. The other was… Continue reading
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Eye-Opening Is Dangerous
“One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.” — Exodus 2:11 It was a day of awakening for Moses. It… Continue reading
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Four Precious Girls
I am consumed by this tonight and often, Our legacy is what it is. It never benefits us or anyone else to forget it or sweep it under the rug. There were four precious little girls who came to church… Continue reading
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