inclusion
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Welcome—offering it and feeling it
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1 min read
People can really obsess about being welcomed. Often more than the welcoming they do. But maybe it is quite simple.
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In the Borderlands
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3 min read
The borderlands are as much a character in the story this week as any of the people. What we make of that is essential.
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On the Inside
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8 min read
For a second time, Jesus shames elites at a dinner party. Here’s what he’s trying to teach us about power and shame.
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Inside
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1 min read
Everyone on the inside loves inside jokes. People on the outside feel excluded by them. All of this is founded on assumptions.
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Rushing the Tipping Point
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4 min read
It’s true. We all want to be first. We do not want to be last. There is a Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). And certainly there is a sense of being tired of doing what we’re doing. That’s four reasons why we are “opening” before the tipping point has actually arrived. Of course, there isn’t…
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Revising the Guest List
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9 min read
Jesus is a terrible guest at your dinner party. While you’re worrying about who’s going to show up, he’s inviting everyone in. Jesus and the art of the dinner partyProper 17C | Luke 14:1,7-14 When I was young, I loved sleepovers. This was the real political currency of junior high school. Whose house you went…