For an anniversary, there was surprisingly little nostalgia or remembering. Our single most significant conversation was about our future.
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in defense of meetings
June 14, 2018 
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T. S. Eliot observed that we measure out our lives in coffee spoons. Actually, we are more likely to do it on an electronic scale. I put 12 grams of loose leaf tea in a beaker each morning. They use a scale at the coffee shop too. But my life is not measured that way. […]
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only a picture
April 9, 2018 0 Comments
Our marriage easily becomes our idol, the thing we seek more than we seek God. It is even easier for our expectations of our spouse to become an idol, the image in our head of what our spouse should look like or do.
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how did Christ love the church?
May 2, 2017 2 Comments
Marriage was always a picture of Christ and the church, of His unconditional, self-sacrificing, sanctifying delight in His people.
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the peril of “reply all”
March 28, 2017 0 Comments
Here are some situations where ‘reply all’ is counterproductive if not downright rude.
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taking it to the next level
February 27, 2017 3 Comments
I reached level 64 today. I’m glad it’s a multiplayer game. It wouldn’t be as much fun or as rewarding if you had to play alone.
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of gods and boxes
February 20, 2017 3 Comments
We make our own sacrifices and worship our own gods, from materialism to social justice. We have our own talismans, always connected to our human conceit.
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for Josh, at 21
February 17, 2017 2 Comments
It’s not enough to avoid bad influences. You have to surround yourself with better ones.
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day camp
February 9, 2017 1 Comment
Service can be connected to spiritual pride, something we “do for others” that makes us feel good about ourselves. There was none of that with this group.
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help wanted
February 7, 2017 0 Comments
There were classes in science, math, English and Nepali, all based on workbooks and recitation. I would not have been able to study, with the amazing view outside the open windows.
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The Ordination Papers
"I wouldn't have expected an 'ordination paper' to cause me to want to worship. But it did." -Rob Stewart
The Santa Papers
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