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Wendell Berry: “Do the Two Things You Can Do”
“We all come from divorce. This is an age of divorce. Things that belong together have been taken apart. And you can’t put it all together. What you can do, is the only thing you can do. Two things. Not … Continue reading
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Tagged following Jesus, Morning Edition, National Public Radio, The Seer, Wendell Berry
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Pablo: Putting a Face to the Earthquakes in Ecuador
This is Pablo, one of the five children I sponsor through Compassion International. Pablo lives in Ecuador. As you may have heard, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck near the central coast of Ecuador on April 16 causing devastating damage. An … Continue reading
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Tagged Compassion International, disaster relief, earthquake in Ecuador
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Making the History We Want to Live in
The news this morning is particularly ugly — bombings, natural disasters, refugee crises, government corruption, nasty presidential primary politics, armed conflict in every corner. I am reminded of a post I wrote for this blog in 2013 which I am … Continue reading
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Tagged Dallas Willard, Morning Edition, transformation, VIM
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Emptying Ourselves
Sometimes life is a boxing match. The jabs, the right hook, the sucker punch all take their toll, but then comes the unexpected knock-out punch. And we go down. Recently the punches have just kept on coming in my life and … Continue reading
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Tagged humility, kenosis, self-renunciation, surrender
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Enough of God to Go Around!
This is a post from 2012 that I am re-posting because of the value of the concepts of scarcity and abundance to us all. A dust-up at work the other day reminded me of something I learned from Stephen Covey … Continue reading
Going Deeper with God – The Urge for Power
Eugene Peterson’s book Eat this Book teaches us to chew on a passage of scripture, digest it, and then put it to use in practical ways. Our Christian fathers and mothers called this process Lectio Divina. This passage describes two disciples … Continue reading
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Tagged disciples of Jesus, James and John, power-grabbing, servant leadership
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Finding our Rhythm
Last year, I was looking for blank monthly pages for my planner. I found a package, and noticed that they had Monday as the first day of the week. This caused an existential moment in the aisle while I grappled … Continue reading
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Tagged balance, circadian rhythm, spirtual formation
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From My Reading
“We all stand in need of healing. We are all seeking wholeness. For most of us it is a most urgent and ever-present reality in our lives, one we may perhaps try to bury or neglect but which, if we … Continue reading
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Tagged healing, Hope, saints, wholeness
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