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More Riches From Acts 2 on Building Community

  After describing the frustration I used to feel over Christian community and how it wasn’t happening for me, I got rolling on the real help I found in Acts 2 for growing community in my life.  I couldn’t stop. In addition to the five ideas I sha …

Always Thankful

I don’t know where you find yourself this Thanksgiving. Maybe you’re able to spend the holiday at home with family, or maybe you’re away from home but in the company of friends. Perhaps you’re stuck at school or away in another country. For some of you …

The Difference Between Faith and Complacency

Jane (not her real name) had just lost her job. Jane is a Christian, as are many if not most of her friends. And as they rallied around her on Facebook, seeking to encourage her, a recurring theme emerged in their comments: “You lost that job, but the …

Learning to Give

If there’s one thing relationships have taught me lately, it’s that I struggle with giving and mostly when it pertains to my time. One central and crucial part in loving others is learning to give of ourselves. That means we give our time, our energy a …

Frustrated With Community

I didn’t know it until much later, but my high school experience was kind of odd in terms of community. While many folks don’t have their first experience of true, deep community until college, I had not one, but two real community experiences in high …

John the Baptist on Identity

When I was about 8 years old, a Sunday School teacher challenged the class to memorize John chapter 1. I took him up on the challenge. As a result, this is one of the chapters of the Bible that’s most cemented in my mind. There’s just something about t …

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