I scraped off the cobwebs, blew out the dust, and set up the mic to converse with my friend Marty Duren. We have been friends and have shared our writing for almost twenty years. Sometimes, the projects were collaborative. We often wanted another set of eyes on something we … Continue reading
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My mentor preached at my ordination service. He was the third preacher to preach in the service. When he stood to preach he said,
“I am the preacher who preaches after the preacher who preached after the preacher who has already preached.”
Knowing Rick, he made that observation during … Continue reading
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Sharing Your Faith Is Not A Single Format Opportunity
Those who know me know I am a talker. The corollary is that I tend to process my thinking out loud. Now you know why posts are sometimes infrequent and my podcast frequency is worse.
Can We Talk? is a … Continue reading
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Marv Levy takes his dry humor around the globe in the comedy series The Reluctant Traveler. Levy’s travels leave him perplexed and curious. His episode-ending reflections include themes he picks up along the way. Often sounding surprised, he finds that folks living in Finland enjoy life outdoors, even … Continue reading
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We deconstruct everything so why the bugaboo?
Mark Driscoll famously attacked deconstruction, or Deconstruction, with the caricature that the goal is to reduce everything to its nub so it may be dismissed. He used the schtick to strike fear in those who dared question what they had been taught, … Continue reading
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