The Gospel is true because it changes things and it changes us. We need to be changed. Just look around.
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Good Friday indeed
March 25, 2016 
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By 3 Jesus is dead, having spoken only seven times. The sky turns black, there is an earthquake, rocks split into, dead people come out of their graves, only to die once more. And we call this Good Friday.
Continue reading Jingle bell time is a swell time
December 23, 2015 0 Comments
Even in its most secular manifestations, Christmas reminds us that there is something more. It is is indeed a Holy Day.
Continue reading a humble beginning
December 7, 2015 0 Comments
For our sake He became poor, born in obscurity, practically unnoticed. This is how it had to be.
Continue reading Is it Christmas yet?
December 1, 2015 1 Comment
So we light the candles as the shadows deepen, and mark off the calendar as the days lengthen. It’s the Babe of Bethlehem that we long for, for God to come and dwell with us.
Continue reading 3 ways to be faithful on Facebook
November 16, 2015 1 Comment
Facebook “friends” can become actual friends—but sometimes it takes more time and energy.
Continue reading the problem with praise
November 5, 2015 1 Comment
We need to be careful about how we praise our kids. And what we praise them for.
Continue reading 3 reasons Christians get social media wrong
October 2, 2015 3 Comments
We all know that there is a difference between a great talker and a great communicator. This difference is largely that the communicator listens more and connects better.
Continue reading what to do this weekend
September 25, 2015 4 Comments
Resting is some of the hardest work I do, especially given the ubiquity of my mobile devices.
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things fall apart, but can the center hold?
Horror will come to us too; just ask the people in Paris. And in those moments, actual aggression will put microaggression in perspective.
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