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The sabbath-stealing power of comparison
Comparing ourselves and other people is a perpetual and constant behavior we mistakenly believe makes us better.
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What bothsides coverage really reveals about us
While bothsides coverage is the fallback character of the modern news room, it is distorts and avoids the truth.
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The false scarcity of good soil
Jesus doesn’t give us a challenging teaching here. It’s straight-forward. But our brains do something weird with it.
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Becoming Healthier Soil
The challenge of discipleship is not only becoming better or less bad. It is becoming self-aware enough to do either.
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Growth—why we can’t seem to focus on outcomes
We think we want to grow. So why don’t we? Why can we be obsessed with the outcome and yet never achieve it?
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Between Proper 9 + 10 (Year A)
The lectionary skips over teaching that essential: because it shows us how to understand what Jesus wants.
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The misguided misanthropy of selfish expectations
The concept of expectations is fraught with dissatisfaction and frustration. Because we make life individualistic.

