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The Gospel of Nice
I made waves in a book group a few months ago when I said that the Gospel isn’t about being nice. Or kind. Or being “a good person.” Like Jesus says to the pious young man (who was doing all the right things to be “a good person”) you haven’t done everything. You still have stuff.…
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Why So Many Christians Support Black Lives Matter
You’ve seen the memes on facebook or watched the exchanges on television about the Black Lives Matter movement. You know its origin on Twitter and you know that a response sprang up just as quickly: #alllivesmatter. You know that somehow, a witness to the brutality of black bodies turned into yet another culture war moment…
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Wild Goose is Different With Kids
For my first Goose, I took it all in. I filled my days with sessions. I filled myself with the Spirit. I made friends and met many whose ministries I admire. I came expecting community and still being surprised at how amazing it is to actually find it. For my second Goose, I brought my…
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Always Faster, Utter Failure, Rising Now
We raced around the library, lap after lap, avoiding the few students left in the school. The halls were wide, the library in the center of the school forming a big square track for us. My freshman feet pounded the linoleum. Each lap somehow harder and easier than the last. Lap 6. 7. Maybe I can…
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Burying the Dead
Jesus can be a real jerk. Seriously. Major league jerk. Clean-up hitter, empty the bases level jerk. OK. Maybe not a jerk. Maybe it is just that he sounds so snarky that it’s impossible not to be offended. OK. Maybe not snarky. But what else could it be? It isn’t nice! It is something else.…
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Paul As An Ally – Why His Letter To The Romans Is About More Than Sexuality
or Why Paul is Anti-Anti-Gay You find yourself stuck in a conversation you don’t want to be in. You hear some pretty outrageous things about GOD and the Bible and homosexuality and it is upsetting. You’ve already talked about love and how Jesus works with people and doesn’t care about that stuff, but still they…
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Waking Up
I wake up when by body wakes me. I get out of bed because I have obligations. I fulfill my obligations because I value being a person who works hard. I work hard because I want to accomplish something. I want to accomplish something because I have a dream. I have a dream because I…
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The Joy of Creating Something New
It starts from a deep source of frustration. That will to create, to build the next new thing. It begins with frustration. We aren’t happy or satisfied with what we have. Maybe it isn’t pretty or maybe it is harmful to us. What frustrates us can instead inspire us. About 10 months ago I changed…