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    Lifeless Christmas Lights Symbolic of Relational Shallowness in Middle Class Suburbia

    Have you ever thought about the three bedroom house, the literal cornerstone of modern civilization? … Today a housing tract of 3,000 houses is planned and built, then 10,000 people come out for the grand opening, buy up the houses and, almost like programmed robots,…

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    Christians Can’t DO Anything? Wrong!

    Was talking with an older man recently who was bemoaning the fact there is nothing for Christians to do. "It’s a problem now, it was a problem when I was a kid, it’s always been a problem. If you can’t watch movies, can’t dance, can’t…

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    Texting Beyond our Limits

    Imagine it’s Saturday, 2,000 years ago.  Jesus is sitting in the synagogue.  His cell phone is laying out on the pew beside him, flipped open.  He is following along with the Rabbi, but frequently glancing down at the phone, checking incoming messages.  Multi-tasking is no…

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    When is Texting Rude?

    Two relevant facts:     1) My actions always speak louder than my words     2) What I spend time on communicates what I find important Regarding text messaging, here are 10 observations: Nearly everyone texts, including my Grandpa (there are around 5 billion cell phone…

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