A Collaborative Thanksgiving Post

This is a first-ever collaborative post for me.  Each of my East Coast family members, as well as my immediate family members, has contributed their answers to that classic Thanksgiving question: What am I thankful for? I love their answers.  I thought you might too. Aunt Cynthia – I’m thankful for my sister and her [...]

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The Opposite of Grateful

When you stick people in a tube that flies through the sky, things can get weird. I’m sitting in that tube right now.  Two rows of seats, divided by a row for the flight attendant to walk up and down, offering us something to drink. As we taxi toward take off, the captain makes a [...]

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You Are Not Your Ministry

Identity is the person you are, regardless of your actions.  Take your actions away – both good and bad – and whatever is left is your identity. And there’s only one identity that has any value.  The identity of being called “a child of God”.  Every other identity you could grab onto pales in comparison [...]

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Your Behind-the-Scenes Influence

Church sound.  Church Media.  Church Lighting.  Church Tech. Your impact is so much great than you’ll ever know. Many years ago, churches began to allow live drums to come into their sacred spaces.  And even though all hell broke lose among the people, at a practical level, there arose the need for someone to control [...]

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When Everything is Bold – Christianity

When everything is bold, nothing is bold. This statement rings absolutely true when it comes to the lives of Christ-followers.  When we make every single solitary issue bold, we end up communicating nothing.  I wonder if that’s what Paul meant when he said that we can possess all wisdom and knowledge, but if we don’t [...]

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