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Can We Be Like Ralph and Sam?

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Will you still respect me on November 6?Current polling and social media rancor would suggest that that is a big ask. Our country is evenly divided with precise 50-50 splits nationally as well as in bellwether states and regions. I have deep-thinking friends enthusiastically on both sides of the divide. One of the prominent … [Read more...]

Life Lessons from a Small-Town Miracle

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Maybe you’ve read the book, Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen. Although the New York Times bestseller was published in 2003, I only recently discovered it in my search for some beach reading by a favorite writer, Bob Greene. The book is a World War II story described this way: In search of “the best … [Read more...]

Lenten Reflection: A Selfishness Observed

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Growing up in a Wesleyan movement, I was not raised in a culture of practicing the Lenten season. The thought was this: “One should constantly be living in a state of sacrifice and there should not be anything extra to sacrifice during a season.” I respect that, but in later years I’ve come to appreciate the discipline of … [Read more...]

Bible Reading VS Bible Engagement

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Tis the season of New Year’s resolutions. Funny thing: As I’ve listened to TV and radio personalities share their New Year’s resolutions, I’ve been hearing, along with the usuals such as better fitness, better nutrition, getting up earlier, resolutions like this: “I want to not only read the Bible through, I want to ingest it … [Read more...]

Advent 2023: Wait For It

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Waiting. As ingrained as it is in the gospel message, I’m surprised waiting didn’t make the cut for a Matthew 5 beatitude. It would have had a nice, beatitude-esque cadence. You can hear it easily: Blessed are those who wait. Think about it: Israel had to wait on the cloud/pillar of fire to move before they moved; Saul was … [Read more...]