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Don’t touch my flowers!

Don’t touch my flowers!

For about five years or so our family hosted a gathering of friends and new friends at our home nearly every Thursday night. We’d laugh, eat, play, work, learn, cry and generally live life together. Our church calls them “microchurches.” A lot of different types...
The Radical “Us”

The Radical “Us”

“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” – Galatians 3:28 According to Paul, the early Jesus-following teacher and pioneer of the faith, those who follow Jesus are...
The Radical “Us”

Not so amazing grace?

As we wrap up a week’s worth of thoughts on grace, mercy and forgiveness I want to offer some encouragement in the form of a reality check: grace happened once on the cross but it happens for us over a lifetime. The story of John Newton, author of the hymn Amazing...
The Radical “Us”

Casserole?

Today I find myself grateful for friends, and my wife. Why? For one, they have seen me for what I am, and remained. Friends and partners over the long-haul will inevitably be exposed to the weaker, rougher, more messed-up parts of us. So when they remain, it’s a...
The Radical “Us”

Without a Safety Net?

Have you ever had a nightmare where you were falling? Or do your palms get sweaty just thinking about it? To some degree, we all fear it. Eugene Peterson, one of the most prolific students of the Bible in the past century, has given us an entire library full of...
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