Category: Thoughts On Life
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The Griswold Within
At some point, I became Clark Griswold. Growing up, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation was never my favorite Christmas movie. I knew it was supposed to be funny, but it just felt so, old. As a kid, I always identified with Russ: along for the ride, slightly confused about what was…
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A Weary World Gives Thanks?
In a weary world where gratitude can feel hard to name, hope becomes our truest Thanksgiving prayer. Even the smallest glimpse of light can carry us forward.
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The Unexpected Truth About Moving On
Lately, I have been thinking about what it means to step out of chapters that once shaped us so deeply. All of us carry seasons that helped form who we are, seasons that were good to us and good for us. Jobs, friendships, communities, routines, even former versions of ourselves…
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What K-Pop Demon Hunters Can Teach Us About Faith, Fear, and Paying Attention
Every so often a movie arrives that stirs up concern among Christians before anyone has even seen it. The recent conversations around K-Pop Demon Hunters are a perfect example. Based solely on the title, many have assumed the film is anti-faith or spiritually dangerous. I understand the instinct behind those…
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Rest.
I’ve taken a little time away: from emails, from work, from the constant motion. In the quiet, I’ve remembered something I often forget: rest is more than a break. It is sacred. It is trust. It is resistance against the constant pull to busyness…
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The Dangerous Art of Painting With A Broad Brush
With each orbit the earth takes around the sun, I see this approach increase on a macro level— especially in America. We tend to paint people with a broad brush, assuming we know everything about them. . .
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It’s the End of the World As We Know It?
“In my corner of the religious world, some say it’s time to focus more on the world after this one and not worry about the “fallen” one we’re in. The thing about that kind of giving up? It’s not Christlike.”
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New Year, New. . .Me?
“I believe there is a deeper reason: maybe the “better” person desire is as much a heart issue as it is anything else. While we might need to care for ourselves better in a new year, who we are is not less because we are not the person we think…
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On Fostering the Leadership of Young Leaders
The real secret is to be the church. It is to not stand in the way of anyone serving in leadership due to age. It’s to recognize the value in a variety of opinions and to try to give space for authenticity in conversation and idea sharing as much as…
