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Waking Up (The Liturgy of the Ordinary)
This post originally served as a message at Arise Church For some of us, waking up is the worst part of our day. For others of us, waking up is a chore, something we must do to get the day going. And for yet others us, waking up is the best part of our day,…
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Submission in 1 Peter 2
One of the facts of life that continues to astound me is how memory can be stirred. How a picture or smell or conversation can bring back the memory of something that you haven’t consciously thought about for years. This recently happened to me while preparing for a small group that we lead at our…
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Seven Lessons from Building a House
Find the first part of our home building story here As we neared the completion of our home, friends began to ask the lesson we learned or if we would do it again. While I don’t have an answer to that last question, I have collected some lessons from our build. First, make sure you…
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Our Home Building Story
In January 2022, we began looking for our next home. We had sold our first house in June 2021 and then moved into a rental owned by an amazing friend, since the housing market at the time was great for sellers and lousy for buyers. As it turned out, the housing market in 2022 would…
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Some Passing Thoughts on Baseball’s Hall of Fame
Twenty years ago, my dad and I passed an afternoon in Southern California by attending a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners. We are Chicago Cubs fans, so we were used to watching baseball played by a terrible team in a packed stadium. But in Oakland, we found the very opposite: a…
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What I Read in 2022
Every year, I commit to reading as much and as widely as possible. And as a means of attempting to remember everything I’ve read and holding myself accountable to my reading goals, I track the books I’ve read each year. (Click here to see what I read in 2021) A couple of notes on this…
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A Prayer during the Noise
Dear God,Speak gently in my silence.When the loud outer noises of my surroundingsand the loud inner noises of my fearskeep pulling me away from you,help me to trust that you are still thereeven when I am unable to hear you.Give me ears to listen to your small, soft voice saying:“Come to me, you who are…
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The Tyrannies of Everyday Life
It’s a busy time of year for many of us. But the truth is, many of us live busy lives year-round. Talk to anyone at almost any point during the year and ask how they’re doing. Some form of, “I’m busy,” is almost invariably part of the answer. I’m guilty of it too. I’m busy…
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Isaiah’s Testimony about Jesus
I’m preparing for an Advent message series on the O Antiphons, songs sung about the coming of King Jesus at Advent and Christmas. And (of course) I’m digging into commentaries on Isaiah. Of particular fascination for me has been John F.A. Sawyer’s The Fifth Gospel: Isaiah in the History of Christianity. While reading this work…
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Women in the Church: Critical Passages
Several people have recently asked some version of the question, what does the Bible say about women in the Church, often in the context of women in leadership roles. In response, I try to provide the following list of passages. While far from an exhaustive list, these are often the key passages that conversations about…
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