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A Comfort Zone Not Found at “Lazy Boy”

In a conversation with a friend at church recently, the focus of it led to some of the challenges faced by those early 

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Time for Some Spiritual Counterinsurgency

When I watch the news these days, I sometimes feel a real kinship with Jesus’ disciples, James and John. Given the awful scenes we’ve 

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Taking Sides vs. Taking Over

While I’ve never officiated as a qualified referee in an athletic contest, I’ve often felt like I needed a 

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Revisiting the Christmas Story, Part 5 ~ Magi, Miraculous Missions, and Madmen

SEEING the title of today’s post, which is the final installment of our 2025 Christmas series, probably has some of you wondering whether 

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Revisiting the Christmas Story, Part 1 ~ Introducing Mary

AS the Christmas season approached last year, we invited our readers to join us in making a mental journey back to 1st Century Israel. Our intention was to

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A Name for that Day after “Black Friday”

Given our proclivity for applying names to certain otherwise ordinary days, I’m not surprised that someone decided to 

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