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I have always had a fascination with robots. As a kid, I really wanted this particular expensive robot, even though – looking back – its functionality was limited. But the dream o...
October 2015
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Adriano Kilende, an Africa Representative of DRI, met with representatives from Nucleo Publishers in Portugal. He signed an agreement with them to provide 22 Portuguese ebooks for ...
“Religion exists to support individuals, according to emerging adults, to provide useful beliefs and morals that help people live better lives. People should take and use what is ...
December 6, 2017 is not only Wednesday in Advent 2 (or Advent 5 if you are keeping Extended Advent). It is also the Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra. Yes, Saint Nicholas. Or, Sain...
“We have not only forgotten the conscience, we have forgotten the communion to which it has been called.”1 People’s conscience used to be imparted and shaped through hierarchical ...
"Your evaluation of your soul, which is drawn from a world filled with people still terribly confused about the nature of their souls, is probably wrong."1 "Myth: If People Really...
“If Google responds to my search in 0.17 seconds, why does God seem to take so glacially long?...I say my prayers, I ask God for things, and I wait and I wait. But with Google ret...
Covenant Discipleship groups are part of the foundation of the congregation’s disciple-making mission. This is why Matthew 7:24-27, Luke 6:46-49, and Ephesians 2:19-22 are helpful ...
I’m interrupting this blog for an announcement and a more personal reflection. You’ve probably noticed by now that this blog has tended toward the theoretical. I hope that’s helpf...
“Our minds are like crows. They pick up everything that glitters, no matter how uncomfortable our nests get with all that metal in them.”1 Did you know that our brains are actuall...
“I don’t believe in Jesus…I don’t believe in Yoga…I don’t believe in Beatles…I just believe in me…” John Lennon1 “Religious leaders and institutions, which traditionally provided ...
A service or activity of "hanging the greens" has become increasingly popular among Protestants in the US during the past 20-30 years. The United Methodist Book of Worship provides...
“You live in a deranged age, more deranged than usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is do...
“If religion once served as a sacred canopy of meaning, we since seem to have grown quite comfortable living under a naked sky.”1 Our last post explored identity formation in the p...
“As ‘aliens and strangers in the world’ Christians understood themselves to be on pilgrimage to the City of God. By receiving the gift of redemption from death, and in the grace o...
September 2015
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What I'm about to share isn't news. It's not even all that new. It's actually official teaching and guidance of our Church. In two of these three cases, these have been the officia...
“If religion once served as a sacred canopy of meaning, we since seem to have grown quite comfortable living under a naked sky.”1 Who are you? No, not “What do you do professional...
For as long as I can remember a homeless man has been hanging out every morning just opposite the Starbucks parking lot near my office. I always look for him when I walk from my ca...
Early in my pastoral career, when my sons were still young, I had an awkward moment that has become a favorite story. I was still pretty new to the congregation and was hosting a B...
August 2015
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Generational theory is used to explain the cultural and behavioral differences between adults and their children. Parents usually pass their values and beliefs to their children wh...
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