Be You-Nique

I went to Sundance a couple weeks ago and saw four movies. Three were good to great and one … wasn’t. Of the three good films, one (Beasts of the Southern Wild) was very unique, and two were kind of unique (Hello, I Must Be Going, which reminded me a bit of Garden State; and…

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Your Heart For…

A couple weeks ago I met with a future church planter. I do that all the time. A few days later he sent me an email thanking me for meeting with him. That happens all the time too. In his email he mentioned one thing in particular he was grateful for. That happens all the…

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Dream Team?

Last year in the NBA, the Miami Heat brought in two stud players and formed what they called the “dream team,” promising they would win the championship. They didn’t. In baseball, the Phillies and Red Sox each acquired all-star quality players prior to the season, and were almost unanimously picked to meet in the World…

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So What? (Pt 2 of 2)

When I do seminars on preaching, I teach pastors to make sure their message is “Clear, Compelling, and Couched In Love.” Clear is about making sure everything is at a level people can understand, about making no assumptions. Couched in love is about the fact that people are open to hearing truth, but not if…

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So What? (Pt 1 of 2)

On Christmas Day, USA Today online featured an article “For Many, ‘Losing My Religion’ isn’t just a song: It’s life.” The article cites studies and interviews revealing that more and more people in America are spiritually apathetic. They’re not interested in religion, in God, in church, or in “spirituality.” They’re not concerned with finding a…

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