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Understanding the fine print
As part of our training to be foster parents, we were required to make a set of family rules. It seemed almost funny to come up with house rules, knowing we were wanting an infant or toddler at the oldest.
They’re broad and yet basic. Not super specific.
And of course, our first test of these [...]
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10 (additional) spiritual lessons from U2
As I mentioned last week, I’ve been reading “We Get to Carry Each Other – The Gospel According to U2.” A great read from Greg Garrett (who also wrote “Stories from the Edge – A Theology of Grief).
As a closing section in the book, Greg shares 10 spiritual lessons we can learn from U2.
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Saints among the lepers
Watched the latest episode of The Simpsons. Hilarious as always. And of course when Flanders is involved, there’s a great example of grace in the midst of the story.
To summarize, as the episode begins, Homer hosts an annual Mardi Gras party and pays for it with a home equity loan.
“I’ve got a home equity [...]
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How to annoy me // How to charm me
Ragamuffin Soul asks, so here’s my response…
How to annoy me…
Somehow thinking you’re better than someone else and refusing to associate with them and refusing to show them the same love, grace and humility you’d want them to show you.
How to charm me…
A steak dinner and showing love to the least of these – like [...]
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17/365 grace beyond our imagination
17/365 Originally uploaded by Jonathan D. Blundell.
grace beyond our imagination
Tonight our community group looked at John 1:16-18. We tried a different approach, lectio divina, tonight. The idea is to read, think, pray and live over verses and passages of Scripture.
1. Read – read, reread, reread, reread a passage
2. Think – what stands out to you [...]
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How would you respond?
Dong Yun Yoon [English name is Don Yoon], 37, was at work at his cafe when he discovered the horrible news of a F/A-18 jet crashing into a residential home – his home. His wife, two young babies, and his mother-in-law who had recently arrived from Korea to help take care of the babies [...]
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Human Rights Day
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights from Seth Brau on Vimeo.
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Today is the day we celebrate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 1948).
Heard anything about it today?
My wall calendar mentions Human Rights Day – but that’s all I’ve seen. Not even a Google Doodle today.
Wonder if [...]
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Community is more about who you are
It’s a buzz word. It’s often misunderstood. It’s central to the Christian faith and yet so absent from many churches. Community. It would be appropriate to launch into sociological reflection on the dearth of community in our culture, drawing from observations made by sociologists like Robert Putnam (Bowling Alone, Better Together) in order to demonstrate [...]
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grace vs accountability
Just read an interesting and good post by Mark Batterson about accountability for leaders in the church.
It comes at an interesting time after having read Chp. 9 in The Ragamuffin Gospel.
Batterson points out that II Timothy 3:2 says, “The overseer must be above reproach.”
Being above reproach means having well-defined boundaries that we are held accountable [...]
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re: Ragamuffin thoughts
Been a while since I’ve updated much on The Ragamuffin Gospel – of course it would help if I’d read it over the last week or so.
I hope I’m not repeating anything here but some great stuff in this book so it’s worth repeating if I have.
Manning: Salvation is joy in God which expresses itself [...]
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