Managing/Controlling Vs. Receiving/Trusting

January 7, 2013
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One of the things sabbatical is teaching me is how much I am tempted to manage and control instead of receive and trust.

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Favorite Posts from 2012

December 31, 2012
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Some of my favorite posts from 2012

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Redux: The Hurricane Has Become Human

December 24, 2012
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Christmas is an easy time for Christians to get sentimental and schmaltzy, so his in the interest of remembering how radically earth-shattering this event was, here are some thoughts on the Incarnation of Christ from N.T. Wright:

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Is Your Lack of Competency Actually Revealing a Character Issue?

December 12, 2012
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Character and Competency are fluid, interconnected realities, not isolated entities.

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Thoughts on the First Day of Sabbatical

December 2, 2012
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A few thoughts on the first day of a three-month sabbatical

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A New Church-Planting Initiative

November 19, 2012
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Excited to be part of a new church planting initiative focusing on college campuses!

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Turn-by-Turn Redux: Follow the Way

November 13, 2012
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In the kingdom, we don’t get to see the end from the beginning. We receive turn-by-turn directions, learning to trust the goodness and wisdom of the Person we are following. Jesus ?is? the way.

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Power Doesn’t Corrupt

November 5, 2012
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Power doesn’t corrupt, it simply reveals what was there the whole time.

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The Kingdom is Like Turn-By-Turn Directions

October 29, 2012
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The kingdom of God is like getting turn-by-turn directions without being able to zoom out and see the whole map.

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Everyone May Have Eternal Life

October 25, 2012
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Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.

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