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May 23, 2013
Full Circle
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He drew a smiley face underneath the day circled in red on the family calendar. I wasn’t nearly as giddy, and all I could really manage was a weak smile and an acknowledgement of the inevitable. While he was counting down the days until he left home, I still felt a sad certainty of resignation. For 18 solid years, we had prepared for this moment. When... Read More + |
May 22, 2013
Working Hard with Jake of Neverland
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I’m sitting in the first part of a day-and-a-half meeting, one I was shoehorned into at the last minute. To attend this meeting means my work schedule, already jam-packed and high-stress, is wrecked. I should write a book of business theory called Management by Chaos. For several months, this has been my work life—crisis-ridden, every day a frenzy of... Read More + |
May 22, 2013
"What Kind of Change Should We Strive for in Our Communities?" - Andy Crouch
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My least favorite word that I hear a lot is "impact," . . . "Impact the culture." Well, what are we saying when we say we want to impact the culture? We are saying we want to arrive with a huge splash, right? Like a comet impacting a planet. Read More + |
May 21, 2013
You've Got to Fight For Your Life
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Every great story, every hero, every inspiring moment is born out of adversity and perseverance. Conflict and battles are the stuff of myth and legend, and we love these stories because, well, we can relate. Our personal and work lives are filled with mini-versions of this type of drama: Pushing through. Overcoming obstacles. Fighting. I am not... Read More + |
May 20, 2013
Books on Culture: The Life of the Body, Week Three
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She’s only a girl—a girl with fire engine red hair and a thousand freckles. She limps on shrunken legs across the commons room and slides weakly into a chair at a glass table. Glancing around the room, she looks at those of us in scrubs like she’s figuring an escape route and when her eyes land on me, I notice the prominent cheekbones, the sunken eyes,... Read More + |
May 19, 2013
Do You Know Who I Am?
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While attending a dinner, newly elected Senator Bill Bradley asked the waiter for an extra pat of butter. The waiter said, "Sorry, one pat per person." The emcee overheard and demanded: "Do you know who this is? This is Bill Bradley! All-American from Princeton. All-Pro with the Knicks. U.S. senator! Potential president!" The waiter responded, "Do... Read More + |
May 17, 2013
Star Trek and the Image of God
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Two behemoths rule the world of sci-fi: Star Wars and Star Trek. The two franchises have spun off movies, books, toys, and conventions. They've made piles of money, and dominated the pop cultural imagination. And they still manage to explore what it means to be human. In many ways, these stories ask the same question theologians have asked for... Read More + |
May 17, 2013
Avoiding the Success Trap
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Some might say that insecurity is my vocational Grim Reaper. I’d prefer to see it as ingenuity keeping things fresh. Either way, the traditional success story of rising to the top eludes me because I don’t stay on any work path long enough to go Big. I get bored, say yes to the next shiny opportunity, or fill my life with so many engaging tasks that... Read More + |
May 16, 2013
Nine (or 10) Keys for Transitioning from Traditional to Missional
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Many church leaders are seeking to understand how to move existing churches toward a missional direction. Brad Brisco of the Missional Church Network offers nine elements that he believes need to be considered when making a missional shift. Here they are (with excerpts from each). After this list, I have a suggestion for an additional major... Read More + |
May 16, 2013
Still Time
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I thought I had plenty of time. My water broke around 10 pm on February 28. We called our friend Lisa who lived around the corner. The plan was for her to stay with Hannah, our two-year old daughter, for the night and take her to daycare the following morning while we were at the hospital. Anticipating a long night, I thought of Hannah’s birth... Read More + |
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"Consequently..." Every time I hear or read this word, I am transported back to junior high school. I'm sitting in my ninth grade Spanish class, listening to my teacher say the word "consequently" for what seems like the hundredth time. I catch the eye of my friend Joe, and we snicker behind our hands. For some strange reason, our teacher is smitten with the word... Read More + |
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