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How to Tell the Truth

How to Tell the Truth

On the Feast of Pentecost we celebrate the birth of the Jesus-following community.  I say “Jesus-following community” instead of Church because the word “Church” has come to be synonymous with organized religion in some circles.  That is to say, when people identify...
Friends

Friends

Mark Zuckerberg designed Facebook to connect people.  According to Facebook, I have literally hundreds of friends.  Mind you, I have never met some of my friends.  We have never exchanged a spoken word, shared a meal, gone to a movie together, or laid eyes on each...
More than Following the Leader

More than Following the Leader

Do not quench the Spirit.  (1 Thessalonians 5:19)In the children’s game Follow the Leader, you simply mimic what the leader does until it’s your turn to be the leader.  It’s all external stuff.You wave your hands or stand on one foot or stick your finger in your ear...

Being More

This is the final post in the series on desire and discipleship.At the very beginning of this series I said that desire is the third rail of the soul.  Our power to accomplish things and to make a contribution in life derives from our passions.  Along with this motive...

Hurry Up and Be Patient

Nothing incites my impatience quite like being told to be patient.  In the list of helpful hints for the spiritually weary, the phrase “Be patient!” ranks somewhere near the bottom.Anxiously striving to be patient seems somehow to miss the point.And yet, patience is...