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What Is My Purpose?
I've had the privilege of working with hundreds of students and younger adults for over 20 years now. Much of this mentoring has centered around either the humanitarian challenges our world faces or better understanding how we each were created to engage them. "Why am I here?" and "What is my...
Who You Were Created To Be
POOF! I've just transported you back to 1999, and you're sitting in a booth at a restaurant called Damon's. This scraggly kid in a uniform wanders up to the table next to you, introduces himself, and asks if he can get them started with some drinks or appetizers. They hem and haw until he busts it...
Suffering…Hypocrisy…Solutions
Happy New Year! For many, it is a time of hope, a time to recharge and refresh. But for many others, there seems to be no hope. For our brothers and sisters being persecuted and slaughtered in Nigeria, for children who still can't get healthcare or education, or for whatever chronic complex...
Best. Birthday. Party. Ever.
With another Thanksgiving spent at my parents (thankful for you, mom and dad!), I was reminded once again of the many treasures they've accumulated since I lived there as a kid. One in particular caught my attention...a record player in all its glory! The memories flooded into my mind of vinyl...
When Church Leaders Fail (and Succeed)
I'm not perfect, and I fail. You're not perfect, and you fail. Church leaders are not perfect, and they fail. This is never an excuse to keep failing, but it is a reality. A truth that can't be ignored and should prompt a restoring response. As mature adults, we know this response must start by...
When God Says “No Thanks.”
Imagine this: That special person has finally decided to propose to you, to ask if they can enter into a lifelong relationship with you! But here are the words they choose: "The thing I love about you is how you sacrifice so much to make the rest of my life perfect...let's get married." Would you...
The Lighter Side of Scripture
Ever heard of Smash Up? It's a crazy card game that assigns two categories of individuals (e.g. rock-stars and zombies) special powers appropriate to them, then smashes them up together on a team to play against your opponent's two smashed-up categories of people! One of my favorite smash-ups are...
How God Is Fair to Everyone Eventually
When I'm not thinking about how God's words in the Bible make so much sense if you truly explore them, I'm often thinking about how to bring God's love and justice into our very broken world. Every day, a ridiculously tragic number of young children die from a lack of clean water, mosquito bites,...
Before Heaven, Before Hell, Something Else
Well after a very unseasonably cool spring and early summer here in Michigan, it has finally gotten hot. At least for a couple weeks! The grass is dying, the people are sweating, and we're starting to wonder what was so bad about that whole winter thing. OK, maybe I should only speak for myself....
When Convenience Crumbles
We all like it simple and sweet. We're busy, so we want quick solutions to problems. We're pulled in many directions, so we want guidelines that go in the direction we prefer. We're emotional, so we fall for whatever makes us transiently feel good. And we're often lazy, so we believe answers that...
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