"But there ain't no point in talking when there's nobody listening so we just ran away."

“But there ain’t no point in talking when there’s nobody listening so we just ran away.”

It was facebook's "On This Day" feature that prompted me. Browsing through all my facebook posts on January 16th from ...
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The Fallacy of a "Good Christian Life"

The Fallacy of a “Good Christian Life”

A few years ago, I was writing a book. The working title was “Pragmatic Practices of an Intentional Christian.” I ...
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search strings that led to my blog since my last post

#riveting

These are the search strings that have led people to my blog since my last post. I should probably write ...
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the positive impact of negative feedback.

the positive impact of negative feedback.

Ironically, the thing that triggered the paralyzing self-doubt was the exact same thing that knocked me free from it. feedback ...
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writers block keyboard

the donkey is busy.

For months after I published my "Christ-centered church" series, I was convinced I couldn’t put words together in comprehensible sentences ...
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pray continually

not more from God, more of God.

[the following is an excerpt from the book I'm writing] Intimate communication with Christ through prayer can be the foundation ...
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the hard is what makes it great.

the hard is what makes it great.

“If it was easy, everyone would do it” is one of my mantras. I say it to my kids when ...
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that fleeting moment . . .

that fleeting moment . . .

. . . when you realize you have nothing to contribute. When you realize everything that can be said has ...
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everything matters.

everything matters.

When we intentionally strive to view life through God’s eyes, everything we see looks different. Every situation is infused with ...
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