Tag: Jesus
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End Times, Anxiety, and Hope
There is always a lot of talk about the End Times. And every generation thinks that theirs is going to be the last one. If we surveyed even the last 100 years, there are many different moments of global change, conflict, and cultural shifts that made people feel very similar to how it seems many…
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Why kids (and you) need fairy tales.
I think all of this, because it seems to me that fairy tales reveal to the mind of a child the true workings of life. I think fairy tales with all their wonder and imagination actually train a child to think better about the world they live in. They may not be real, but they…
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The Illusion of Self Forgiveness
Sitting across the table from a middle aged women, working through some pastoral issues, she finally confessed what was really going on, “I just cannot forgive myself.” This is what was holding her back from moving forward into the next season of her life, with her family and with God. The burden of regrets caused…
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3 things Covid has taught me
12 months ago society got flipped around and we fell headlong into this continuing pandemic. It’s a joke at this point to say that we didn’t expect it to be this long, but here we are. For some of us, it has been the hardest 12 months we can remember, for others it has been…
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Fish & Freedom
Who likes being limited? Imagine you had a fish. Any fish. Goldfish, Haddock, Trout, Clown Fish, any fish. And you love that fish, you wanted to keep that fish alive and thriving. You have an amazing aquarium for it, you feed it, wash the tank, the whole deal. Now, imagine if that fish, all of…
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Unhurried Urgency: An Introduction
Secular and spiritual authors, bloggers, and content creators, have all tried their hand at pinpointing and solving the modern issues of hurry, distraction, depression, anxiety, anger, the list goes on, and I am sure you could add a few of your own. Books like, To Hell with the Hustle, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, and…
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Promise, Process, and Prison
“…faith is an unwavering boldness in the promise, in what God has permitted, what he actually has spoken, and when I can’t see how that works, faith is a humble patience, and submission to a process that may take longer than I want it too.”
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Young Blood Fathers Club
Like most, if not all, things worth doing, “dadding” is hard work. This is not necessarily unexpected — we all “know” life changes a lot when we become parents, and it won’t always be easy. But, I do think that the challenges that actually lie before a young dad are uncharted and unexpected in…
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10 Years
10 Years. 10 year ago today I made a decision that would change my life forever. Outside of the day I truly gave my life to Jesus, this day pretty much ranks top 2. On this day, I sent a simple text message, “Hey, do you want to grab a coffee?” – or something like…
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The Heart of Being Heard
One of the main tasks of my job is to stand in front a crowd of people and communicate to them. Every week for about 45 minutes, I have to do my best to be clear, articulate, compelling, and honest. I have been told that I do this well, but the irony is, communicating to a…
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