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Theology

Life WITH God

Today’s post is from my ‘net-out’ of With: Reimagining the Way You Relate to God by Skye Jethani. We highly recommend this book! A short little book by a guy with a weird name has rocked…

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Identity

Mask Wearers

Psychologists tell us we all wear ‘masks.’ We put on false personas to keep people out to one degree or another. In their awesome book The Cure, authors Lynch, McNicol and Thrall introduce us to…

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Walking the Talk

Double-Minded, Part II

The idea of being double-minded bothers me . . . a lot. That we have these two parallel processors inside . . . one of God and one of ‘the flesh.’ Both vying for control….

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Walking the Talk

Double-Minded, Part I

As I’m reading Matthew’s account of Jesus’ last hours, I see Peter and imagine what it was like to be him. He’d been bold . . . stepping out of the boat when nobody else…

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Decision-Making

Care Quadruples Complexity

This isn’t going to be one of those ‘sunshine up your skirt’ posts, but it’s a reality. A reality most guys don’t want to face. We just want to get stuff done. We don’t want…

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Leadership

So What’s Normal?

I’ve never been much of a history guy. I’m always looking ahead rather than behind. But years ago, one of my business partners taught me this principle: “The best predictor of future behavior is past…

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Grace

Eucatastrophe

It seems like every day there’s another catastrophe. Another massacre, beheading, tornado or capsized ferry. With instant news and constant repetition, we’re hit in the heart with shocking events and bad news. But the God…

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Parenting

Engaging Granddad, Part II

When a grandparent dies, there’s always this angst of “I wish I’d have asked them more questions.” There’s so much I wish I knew about where my parents came from, what they were like when…

Engaging Granddad, Part I Engaging Granddad, Part I
Parenting

Engaging Granddad, Part I

I’m always quoting John Maxwell as saying “Grandchildren are your reward for not killing your kids.” They are pretty special. But there’s responsibility along with that love and somebody has to be the first mover…

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Theology

Thick Faith

So how does one move from thin faith to thick faith? Through evaluated experience – To have faith in someone, I have to trust them. That means I take a chance on them and then…