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You’re the smart one. You’re the lazy one. You’re the pretty one. You’re the useless one. Those kinds of messages from our respective families of origin form us. I’d heard throughout my childhood that I was ugly, and responded by…
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June 2017 Newsletter
Shalom, friend! Nearly a year ago, I took an epic fall on a rain-slicked deck, and ended up with a broken knee and tailbone. As I went through surgery, post-surgical complications and a rehab that took place in the shadow…
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In No Particular Order…
While they’re hot off the press, I wanted to pass on some observations about church, conflict, and coincidence-that’s-not-coincidence that didn’t quite fit into any of my wobbly Facebook Live videos or Instagram posts I launched into the world from Ashdod…
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Christian Culture’s Socially-Acceptable Household Idols
I first ran across a mention of household idols years ago when reading Genesis 31. The little statues were common in cultures across the Ancient Near East, and figured prominently in the story of Jacob’s separation of his family from…
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A Lot of Evangelicals Have “Unhitched” From the Old Testament
Andy Stanley’s recent sermons contending that we must “unhitch” from the Old Testament in order to get to know Jesus brought a wave of response from the Christian online world. Some were supportive, noting that he was just trying to…
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Fruit Inspection
What do unscripted charismatic prayer meetings have in common with carefully-crafted public relations statements on behalf of a leader accused of wrongdoing? When I saw these words posted by Jen Hatmakermaking the rounds on social media recently, I recognized in their…