Just like on that first Christmas, babies will be born this Christmas in huts and shacks into families that can barely feed themselves, let alone a newborn. It will happen in Liberia and Nicaragua. It will happen in Williamstown and Marietta. Herod won’t try to kill them, but diseases will. Lack of adequate healthcare will. Hopelessness will.
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Something more important…
Sometimes it's important to recognize when someone has something more important to say than what you want to say. I was going to post a new blog today, but after reading this over on the Burnside Writer's Collective, I felt like what Carole Turner had to say was way more important than whatever mindless ramble … Continue reading Something more important…
Show me da money
It's a trip. It makes the world go 'round. It's what I want. Cash. Bread. Dough. Moola. Dinero. Pastor Steve's recent sermon series on Generosity has got me thinking a lot lately about money. Not in the "love of it is the root of all evil" sort of way, or in the "give it all … Continue reading Show me da money
Time to go all Old Testament on you…
Because I've been teaching a couple of classes on the Old Testament for the past few weeks, it's really been influencing my thinking of late. It seems a lot of Christians don't like to spend much time in the Old Testament. Beyond the Creation story, a few character sketches about various heroes and villains we … Continue reading Time to go all Old Testament on you…
New perspectives on perspective
Life really is all about perspective, isn't it? The way we view the world is so deeply informed by our circumstances, perceptions, associations and experiences that we really don't even notice it. It just is. We define everything by our perspective. That's why there is always tension and conflict in life...we are individuals with different perspectives … Continue reading New perspectives on perspective
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