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“Church” or Family?

I can see it on their faces when they come in. That look of surprise, bewilderment, and fear. “Oh, no! This isn’t a ‘church’. It’s a family!” People visiting our Sunday morning worship gathering are often looking for and expecting a ‘church’.  You know: some worship music, a place for the kids and/or youth, and […]

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The Death of Leadership: Christ and Co-Leadship

  In these postmodern times we are used to hearing of the death of the author, the death of the text, and even the death of the book (unless you have a Kindle).  Well, today, it is the death of leadership, for Christ our leader is the Crucified One, and what servant is greater that […]

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Of Tyrants and Martyrs

“The first form of rulers in the world were the tyrants, the last will be the martyrs. Between a tyrant and a martyr there is of course an enormous difference, although they both have one thing in common: the power to compel. The tyrant, himself ambitious to dominate, compels -people through his power; the martyr, […]

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The Biggest Lie We Tell Our Children

“Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you.” ~This is a LIE. I never say this to my boys. The truth is, words do hurt. They wound and break us just as much as they heal and build us.  Words matter, and we should never let our children think that […]

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The way to Christ is first through humility

“The way to Christ is first through humility, second through humility, third through humility.  If humility does not precede and accompany and follow every good work we do, if it is not before us to focus on, if it is not beside us to lean up, if it is not behind us to fence us […]

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What Things Want

What Things Want by Robert Bly You have to let things Occupy their own space. This room is small, But the green settee Likes to be here. The big marsh reeds, Crowding out the slough, Find the world good. You have to let things Be as they are. Who knows which of us Deserves the […]