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Posted on August 12, 2019

Nobody Likes A Condescending Spiritual Expert

“Befriending someone merely so you can tell them the gospel is a form of manipulation and a violation of trust,” says Christopher Heuertz. “Some of our approaches to conversion have earned the mistrust of the very people we want to reach.” Treat people as people, not like evangelistic targets. Nobody likes to be targeted. We’re …

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Posted on December 18, 2015December 18, 2015

A Christian Response to Terrorism (Part 2 of 4) 

Last time I talked about how hysteria and hostility tend to dominate American minds and mouths in relation to terrorism, and how this plays right into the plans of the Captain of “Team Hate.” When we think and talk the talk of the hysterical we’re tossing it up right over the plate and into the …

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Posted on November 5, 2015December 4, 2015

The LIBEL of LABELS (Part 1 of 2)

When he was a child, a friend of mine whose Jewish parents and he were on an elevator with an African-American man said, “Look Mommy, a Schvartzer!” which is a pejorative term, in the category of the “N word.” His mom shushed and rushed him off the elevator at the next floor. Kids don’t know …

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Posted on August 29, 2015September 4, 2015

The Beauty of Balance (Part 2 of 2)

In Part 1 I talked about the Beauty of Balance and how ugly it can get at the edges. Here I’ll propose a couple of antagonists to a life of balance and how we might find our way back to Center… The enemies of balance… As desirable as social, spiritual, practical balance is, it’s historically been …

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Posted on May 30, 2014

Outer Circle Churches (Part 6 of 6ish)

[As you can see, this is a multi-post theme and if you might find it helpful to begin at the beginning.] If you were hoping I was winding down this topic, so so sorry, but some things have come to my attention since I started these rambling thoughts on how churches can and should be …

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