How do you get over it? Ever been there? Something terrible happens and you can’t escape the grief. Or maybe a whole lot of things just accumulate and you just don’t feel very positive about life. Unwanted tears appear without warning. You feel stifled under a heavy blanket of pervasive sadness. The fog of depression […]
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Good Without God?
Is “good” always good? I’ll bet you received a lot of “year-end” messages from different organizations seeking a final funding push. One that caught my attention was an appeal to join in combating their perception of a growing movement called “good without God.” I was invited to sign an online declaration—and of course to send […]
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Here’s a list of articles in our Wednesday series about the Bible: The Bible: What Did It Mean To Them? The Bible: Who’s The Audience? The Bible: Chapter And Verse? Who Chooses The Actual Words In The Bible? When Words Aren’t Quite That Simple The Easy Bible Bible Stories: Were Noah And Moses Really Brothers? […]
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Why are you doing whatever you’re doing? Last week we shared a small house for a short time with a lot of relatives. One interesting dynamic was repeated a number of times. An adult entered a room, saw a kid immersed in some activity, and asked, “What are you doing?” The question carried varying degrees […]
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Happy first Monday of 2011! A new year provides a reminder of something that’s true every day for a follower of Jesus. This year’s initial word-of-the-week… Rebirth God offers a fresh start every day. The old stuff, the bad choices, the failures—they’re past, and because of Jesus’ sacrifice we get to set them aside and […]
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Happy New Year! Happy people make people happy — but you can’t make someone be happy. Gretchen Rubin It’s next year. Let’s work together to make it a great one. Today I want to re-post my favorite video of 2010. It reminds me of what I want 2011 to be about. The Butterfly Circus […]
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! How old were you when you finally realized that nobody was watching? I grew up in a small town. It was literally impossible to get away with anything. If I messed up on the other side of town, my mom somehow found out before I got home. I developed this eerie sense […]
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Have you ever noticed that some things are hard to get unless you already have them? We’re spending Christmas week on a snowy Midwestern farm. Yesterday the kids were preparing for a sledding expedition and one of the little guys realized his boots were in the car. A foot of icy, wet snow covered the […]
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I’m excited to hear your reactions to the ideas in my new (free) ebook titled LIFE IS NOT A GAME: Rules, rebellion, and freedom as a follower of Jesus. I talk to many folks who seem to view Christianity as a game with a laundry list of rules and restrictions. I think it’s a flawed […]
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What are you doing this week? This is a strange week in our cultural calendar. For many folks, today means back-to-work. For others it’s returning or exchanging, taking a break, or wrapping up family visits. Lots of emails generate automatic “out-of-the-office” messages during this week. I have two main tasks for this last week of […]
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Happy Monday-after! An obvious choice for today’s word-of-the-week… Aftermath Do you feel a letdown after big events? We’re in a small farmhouse with grandparents, kids, grandkids, great-grandkids. Toys are broken, parts missing, movies already watched. Cultural Christmas is over. Now what? This week shouldn’t be just about driving home or preparing for the next party. […]
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Watch this with some children (or children-at-heart) if you can. A beloved story read by a wonderful storyteller. (If you can’t see the video, click here.) I wish you a time of joy and peace. Merry Christmas!
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