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Overcoming Death
We all love Easter. Particularly after a tough Lent. This year’s felt heavy. Each year, I struggle with the scope of the great story arc that we deal with in Holy Week–with the rise and fall of Jesus of Nazareth. Then the fall and rise of the Christ. I have always taken this as the…
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Watch the Stations of the Cross
Whether you have a deep attachment to the stations of the cross or don’t even know what they are, check these out. Frank Logue, Canon to the Ordinary of the Diocese of Georgia has put together a visual stations of the cross. Click the link and head over!
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For My Son: Changing the Lord’s Prayer
Right off the bat. I have to confess that I am predisposed to the modern Lord’s Prayer. Even better are some of the rewrites I’ve heard in the last year or so. Some really good praying is happening. Tonight, I’m now all in. Here’s why. Praying with my son. I used to argue that we…
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A Holy Wednesday: The Day of Anointing
According to the gospel we call Mark, today is the day Jesus is anointed by a woman. To us, she has no name. After Sunday’s dramatic rebuke of Rome, Monday’s trashing of the money-changers and dove-sellers, and Tuesday’s teaching at the Temple in which he humiliates and condemns the Temple leadership, Wednesday is a true…
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New Rob Bell Book Drops Tomorrow
Rob Bell’s new book, What We Talk About When We Talk about God is out tomorrow. It is a subject that is near my heart. Hopefully this video will tide you over or whet your appetite.
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Proof the U.S. is not a Christian Nation
Of course, this image demonstrates that people don’t really want to cut anything from the federal budget. Except one thing. You know, the one most Christian thing on this list. That, they want to get rid of.
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A Story of Two Lost Sons
There is much more to this story. There is the young man’s departure and his humble hopes for mercy, rather than reconciliation. There is the elder brother and his distrust, anger, and departure. It is a story much more robust than this one moment. This story is also the third of three stories of the…