When we are young or immature, right theology makes us feel superior, but when we are older and more mature, a study of theology makes us feel inferior and unworthy, undeserved, and grateful. Don Miller Do you ever think about the life-changing lessons you learned as a kid? I’m not talking about words and facts […]
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Happy Monday. Around here we’ve got our first snow on the ground—time to get the winter tires on the wheelchair. This edition of word-of-the-week has me thinking about… ABUNDANCE Abundance is an attitude, and it doesn’t come easily or naturally to me. I grew up in a home of scarcity. Our scarcity wasn’t material—it was […]
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This week’s been about SIMPLE. We’ve looked at these topics if you want to catch up: Eyes On The Prize How To Stop Bullying Become Like Children Simple What’s simpler than a boy and his dog? This video captures a big part of what I’m trying to say. The dog looks and behaves very much like Monte, and […]
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Have you ever seen the sport of curling? Curling, like most games, incorporates complex strategies and techniques, but the basic idea is pretty simple. The object, like other similar games (Crokinole and Shuffleboard), is to score points by getting your team’s markers closer to the target. These games typically involve three main tactics: Slide your […]
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You can’t. You can’t decide how other people think or act. Do you agree? I’m working on some stuff for a group of kids who asked me to talk to them about leadership. Their question: “We’re supposed to be leaders. How can we stop bullying behavior in school?” My honest answer, sadly, is that they […]
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What does it mean to follow Jesus? Personally, I think I make it harder than He intended. This week I’m thinking about simple. I have a nagging feeling that we make a lot of things harder than they need to be. I don’t want to ignore life’s harsh realities, but I’d like to see if […]
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Happy Monday! I hope your week’s off to a great start. Maybe I can help a bit with today’s word-of-the-week… Simple Do you ever feel like you make things harder than necessary? I’ve written about this before (Complex Simplicity) but I want to revisit it this week. Life is complex. No doubt that there are […]
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Happy Saturday! In my last newsletter I mentioned that I regularly read a number of blogs. Readers responded with some good questions, and I thought I’d answer one of them: “How do you find good, interesting stuff?” Mostly it’s a process of referral. Whenever a writer I trust mentions another blog, I check it out. […]
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Have you ever read a passage of scripture that seemed to smack you right between the eyes? Last night our small group encountered these verses. As they were read aloud I literally rolled my chair backward and said something profound like, “Huh.” For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as […]
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Has anyone ever told you “it’s all in your head?” Do you think it’s true? I was working outside yesterday, enjoying a wonderful late-Autumn day. A man approached on the sidewalk, towing his little boy in a wagon. Dad stared straight ahead, and I could hear him talking. As they passed I could see the […]
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Do you ever sense that the more you know the less you know? Perhaps, at least for me, a more accurate assessment would be “the more I know the less I learn.” Reconciled? Some time ago I read a discussion of Second Corinthians (don’t recall exactly where) that ended with a confusing, and somewhat accusatory, […]
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Happy Monday. Today’s word-of-the-week won’t surprise anyone in the U.S. It election season, and I’m really tired of political… HATE Am I the only person who’s frustrated with the endless exaggerations, half-truths, and personal attacks that pass for political dialogue? I know—why don’t I just avoid or ignore them? Actually, I mostly do just that. […]
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