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Recognizing the Spirit of God

I learned my first Greek word the same day that I learned my first Hebrew word. I was a sophomore in college, and recently enrolled

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Homecoming

The church where I grew up had no altar, no altar boys, and no priests. It had no wall-size oil painting of Jesus, and certainly

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The Stories We Tell

I spend a lot of my time thinking and teaching about the power of stories. The way, at their best, that they can move us

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Being Seen

I remember the day so clearly. I left a staff meeting during which our district announced plans to cut $2 million from our budget after

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Wicked Rulers and Refugees

This week three international news stories caught my attention with a common denominator that affects the lives of millions of people worldwide – a common

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Dwelling: A Scriptural Survey

“Why don’t they just move?” After the second hurricane in a few weeks, it’s hard not to ask this question about people who live in

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The Politics of Worship

This morning I propose that the increasing fatalism within the Christian community, the resignation that the world is as it is, is a product of

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