The Unexpected Bar Mitzvah
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if you could see the end - the story god writes in suffering A strange grief crept upon me as the final Lord of the Rings  movie came to an end. An unliterary man at the time, I w...
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take time to be unproductive - how busyness can waste a life Søren Kierkegaard, a nineteenth-century Danish theologian and social critic, once wrote in his journal, “The result of ...
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the courage you need in life’s uncertainty “Jump! I’ll catch you!” When my son was young, getting him from the side of the pool into the water was difficult. His...
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the lost art of gratitude We all need friends who not only will share in our daily joys, but also speak truth into our lives as fellow disciples ...
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the mouth of a godly man What if men in the church are more immature and less equipped because we’ve been expecting too little of them? What if ...
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the quiet power of ordinary devotions As Christians, we are not interested in merely reading our Bibles. We want to be moved, inspired, changed by what we re...
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the sluggard in me - four lies that lead to lazy Come, follow closely, and gaze for a moment upon a rare creature in his native habitat. There he is, drooling upon his...
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to all who feel empty - invitation to the bored and disappointed It was a small, flesh-colored growth on my cheek. The doctor said it was mild skin cancer and should be removed. But af...
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triune decision-making - how god guides tough choices When we face a big decision, sometimes the decision-making process can feel more like a game show than a guided path. W...
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tweeted to and fro - surviving a distracted and divided age “We live in a divided age” is so self-evidently true that it’s frankly boring to write. Theories abound on how we got h...
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