So I want to set the expectation early this evening. This post isn’t really about St. Patrick’s Day… But each year I am reminded of an incident that happened when I was in seventh or eighth grade. The school, like…
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Embracing Change Through Faith
This week, massive areas of the United States have been hit by incredibly forceful winds. Of course, tornadoes have already been spotted from Dallas to Illinois to northern Indiana. I was speaking with my brother in suburban Chicago after hearing…
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Matthew records the teaching of the disciples in the Sermon on the Mount in chapters 5-7 of his Gospel. I’m teaching this interesting section of the Scripture this spring and actually presented an abbreviated synopsis earlier this evening at a…
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Back in 2009, when we were traveling more than we do now, Janet and I flew to Anchorage, AK, spent the night, then flew to Fairbanks, took a scenic train ride to a lodge near Denali National Park, eventually boarded…
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Theologians debate all sorts of things and some of my best seminary memories were those incidental conversations that came up during class. I used to say that real learning happened “in the cracks.” Those are the non scripted conversations that…
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