I played soccer in college. Admittedly, it was not high quality college soccer. In fact, with the exception of my very good freshman year college team, I have a feeling my high school team could have beaten my college team every other year. Still, just about all of the players on that college team, allContinue reading “Off the field practices to help you experience flourishing – 1 Thessalonians 5:23–28, Part 5”
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An axiom to help Christians think about how to meet together – Meeting together, Part 1
As we learned in the preview post, the last 25-35 years, 40 million adult Americans in all religious traditions, left their houses of worship.[1] This does not include people who attend church infrequently. If they attend on Christmas and Easter, they are not counted in these numbers. 40 million totally gone. Of the 40 million,Continue reading “An axiom to help Christians think about how to meet together – Meeting together, Part 1”
A disturbing soccer game and some words teaching us to…Encourage one another, Part 1
When my second son was a junior in high school, his soccer team experienced something that pretty much everyone at the game found disturbing. His team was very good that year, gaining the best record in their section, section one. As the section one winner, they were the top seed in the league playoffs, meaningContinue reading “A disturbing soccer game and some words teaching us to…Encourage one another, Part 1”
You can have victory over temptation – Sword of the Spirit, Part 5
I started this week talking about Tolstoy’s short story, How Much Land Does a Man Need. Read that post here. The main character of the story, Pahom, is hiking around land for sale. As he hikes, he stakes out the land. He has from sunup till sundown to make it back to his starting stake,Continue reading “You can have victory over temptation – Sword of the Spirit, Part 5”
The time my co-worker said, “What’s wrong with you? You’re not right.” – Galatians 1-5, Preview
As a line of blood trickled down my face, my co-worker looked at me, shaking his head saying, “What is wrong with you? You are not right!” But let me back up and tell you what led to that. My first job after graduating from college in 1996 was as a youth care worker atContinue reading “The time my co-worker said, “What’s wrong with you? You’re not right.” – Galatians 1-5, Preview”
Have you ever lost hope? – Ezekiel 17, Preview
Have you ever lost hope? I paused after typing that question, thinking to myself, “Have I ever lost hope?” There have certainly been difficult periods in life, and I know I have become very frustrated, very anxious, and very sad. But I don’t know that I have lost hope, at least in the sense ofContinue reading “Have you ever lost hope? – Ezekiel 17, Preview”
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