Formation
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Generations
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1 min read
Episode 65 of the Make Saints podcast
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Preaching Ideas — 2022
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5 min read
How am I adapting to the moment? More importantly, how is preaching adapting? It isn’t about time or tech. It’s consistency.
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Running Late For Lent
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4 min read
Planning ahead is hard when we’re asking one another to live in the moment. And even harder during a pandemic.
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Taught to Love
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5 min read
26. Christians should be taught to share supportive love generously while restricting selfishness. This should be a no-brainer. Should. If you stopped a random person on the street and asked them to talk about what a Christian is supposed to be, chances are this is what you’d hear. Christians are about generous love. But the problem…
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Adult Formation
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9 min read
A friend recently said that the church is always 10 years behind. When he said this, I nodded as I thought through all the ways we are behind the world. Technology, marketing, human rights, anti-institutionalism, shifting political landscapes, family trends including divorce rates, break-ups, and coupling outside of marriage. I frequently point out that many of…
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Sunday School
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6 min read
If you talk to certain people, you would get the impression that children were never in church. That church isn’t really for them, anyway. It’s for adults. Kids need to learn about church before they can be in church, they argue. This certainly is not true. Sunday School was only created at the end of…