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Community

Song for the Weekend: Ray Lamontagne

The title of the song is “Let It Be Me.”  If you know Ray Lamontagne’s music, I don’t have to tell you about the amazing, silky voice; if you’ve not yet discovered him, do it – now!!
Hope this inspires you to be a friend to someone this weekend!

You can watch a live recording here.

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Commitment In Relationships: A Lesson From Ruth

There once was a woman named Ruth, and she was a Moabite.  That is, she was from a mountainous strip of land in Jordan, then called “Moab.”  She can teach us a great deal about real, muscular commitment to relationships.
The Ruth of the Hebrew Scriptures made a commitment to Naomi, her mother-in-law, when her mother-in-law [...]

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Lesslie Newbigin: Power of a Believing Community

Lesslie Newbigin explains how the Jesus-message can make sense and have impact on our culture:
How can this strange story of God made flesh, of a crucified Savior, of resurrection and new creation become credible for those whose entire mental training has conditioned them to believe that the real world is the world which can be [...]

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Tears in Worship

I don’t cry easily.  I’m tempted to give a (nervous) chuckle and say it’s a ‘man thing.’  But, of course, we both know that’s not the whole of it.  Perhaps in another blog post I can explore all the reasons, but this much I know:  somewhere I bought into the lie that emotions are a [...]

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Thermometer or Thermostat

Seth Godin (http://sethgodin.com/sg), in his latest book, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, writes:  “A thermostat is far more valuable than a thermometer.”
Think about thermometers.  They reveal the observable, indicate feelings, point out perceptions.  Most communities have their share of human “thermometers.”  They’re the ones whose interactions consist of criticizing, blaming, or grumbling.  Think [...]

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