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Evangelism & Social Activism: On Eliminating the ‘&’

For too long, evangelism and social activism have been separated. Followers of Jesus are given the false impression they must choose to be involved with one or the other at a time.
Jesus came with saving love for the whole world. He indwells the church, empowering us to be on mission with him, redeeming [...]

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A New Way of Thinking About Spiritual Disciplines

There is a destructive cycle of spirituality where we begin with “doing,” or self-effort.  Then we link our sense of significance with our achievements.  I wrote about this in a post called, “Cycle of Grace.”  Here is one of the illustrations from that post:

We have a choice in our lives.  We can begin with work [...]

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Consumerism and the Church

I’m planning for a teaching a series in November on consumerism and the Christian faith.  The human desire for more, more, more creeps into our faith and then into our expectations of church … (more on that later!)
Since I’ve been wrestling with these issues and trying to think through hard questions about our culture, I [...]

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Social Media: Are You More or Less Human?

Maggi Dawn has been someone I’ve followed for some time. Her blog is delightful, thought-provoking, and never fails to give me a different angle on faith and culture.
Yesterday, she responded to comments by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury about the danger posed by Twitter, Facebook, et. al. to authentic human relationships.  I’ve bookmarked [...]

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Thinking About the Future

E.L. Doctorow once said that “writing a novel is like driving a car at night.  You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
Lately, I’ve been seeing life kind of like this — a long journey and I want to see farther ahead than I can.  [...]

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