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A Culture of Amazement
In the mid-1990s, a novel by Robert Waller, The Bridges of Madison County, took America by storm. It was the number-one, best-selling book for an entire year and eventually was
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Anxiety as the Opposite of Faith
The opposite of faith in scripture is not doubt but anxiety. To lack faith is not so much to have theoretical doubts about God’s existence as it is to be
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Real and False Humility
In his inaugural address, Nelson Mandela suggests that false humility hurts us just as much as false pride. His words: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our
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Splitting the Inner Atom
We can never be challenged too strongly with regards to social justice. A key, non-negotiable, component of the gospel is precisely the summons to reach out to the poor, to
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Our Misunderstanding about Suicide
Each year I write an article on suicide because so many people have to live with the pain of losing a loved one in this way. When someone close to
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On Naming The Present Moment
There’s a story told about Anna Akhmatova, a Russian poet. During Stalin’s purges, thousands of Russians had been imprisoned and she, along with others, was standing in line outside of
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On Not Committing the Original Sin
Theologian, James Mackey, once shared this story in a classroom: A man he knew was part of a hunting expedition in Africa. His group was camped in a jungle. One
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Praying for Pentecost
Every generation needs to experience pentecost for itself. It needs God’s spirit and it needs it in its own particular way. Indeed scripture assures us that the holy spirit is
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A Parable of Grace
Piet Fransen wrote many important books, but he will always be most remembered for giving us a wonderful parable that runs something like this: Once upon a time there lived
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Moral Loneliness
In her book, Guidelines for Mystical Prayer, Ruth Burrows makes an interesting comment on Therese of Lisieux. Looking at photographs of her, Burrows points that there is a quality of