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Haiti–Jumbled Impressions
Wow. So much has happened in this last week. The trip to Haiti has really been amazing and eye-opening. I recommend for everyone go visit Haiti! Just arrived back in the U.S.A. a short bit ago and will be in Florida several days longer so…
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Our Part. God’s Part.
If I learned anything from my brief stint in playing educator, it was this, “Never do for a student what they can do for themselves.” (Reference, Are We Listening? from Nov 2009) Jesus followed this rule both in how he taught and in how he…
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3,000 Years, Baby
Do you wonder what the #1 watched YouTube clip is? The answer: Justin Bieber’s music video, “Baby.” Over 483 million hits. You know how much time that represents? Imagine someone watching that clip over and over again from cradle to the grave. Now, multiply that…
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Who is your authority?
Here are two observations: Everyone believes something Those beliefs depend on what/who we hold up as our authority I recently heard an acquaintance make reference to how doctrinally incorrect it is for Catholics to believe in praying to dead saints. Well, depends on who your…
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Asking the Wrong Questions
An engineer I work with likes to say, “Bad requests yield bad data.” Asking wrong questions can lead us in wrong directions. I ran a series of posts about a year ago trying to answer the question, “What makes a church a church?” A Pastor?…
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When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty
Introduction (and all that implies) When Helping Hurts: Alleviating Poverty Without Hurting the Poor… and Yourself by Steve Corbett and John Perkins. I heard of this book through a required reading list of a certain Missions organization, purchased it, and recently finished it. Though written…
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20 Things I Learned From a Week on Jury Duty
This past week I worked as a juror on a case involving a string of burglaries. We the jury found the defendant guilty of 5 of the 7 theft and burglary charges leveled, which involved over $30,000 worth of stolen property. The punishment will likely…
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God Moves Suddenly, Not Quickly
Hope Naomi wrote a piece recently about how God works. It got me thinking. She brings out the concept of God working behind the scenes for what feels like an eternity before anything HAPPENS. But then, when God DOES do something, results are immediate. This…
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Did My Life Peak at Six?
Talking about everything changing… even I’M changing. Even within a single day I change: In mornings I’m most creative, in afternoons most tired, in evenings most busy, at night most WIRED. Once I was a baby, then I was a youth, then I morphed to…
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Blizzard Ho in Kansas!
I’ve noticed that Things Change. The temperature, for instance. Over the last few days in Wichita, we have had: 69 degree weather (Saturday) 40 degree weather (Sunday) 24 degree weather (Monday) 7 degree weather (Today) Today is a blizzard. Outside it feels perhaps the coldest…
