Tag Archives: love

Thankful

Colossians 2:6-7 (New Revised Standard Version) As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in … Continue reading

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Incarnate

Colossians 2:6-7 (New Revised Standard Version) As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in … Continue reading

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Terrorism and Weltschmerz

Philippians 2:4-8, 14-15 (NRSV) Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, … Continue reading

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The Good Shepherd

John 10:11-13 (New Living Translation) I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to … Continue reading

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Awesome!

Yesterday I was in the sanctuary with a large group of kids from our church’s day school. I asked them if they knew what they wanted to be when they grew up. “Oh, I do! I do!” they yelled. I … Continue reading

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Wired to Lead: Serve Others (final video)

WIRED TO LEAD: RECAPTURING JOY-FILLED LEADERSHIP Thank you so much for being a part of this Wired to Lead series! Over the next few weeks and months I’ll be madly pulling things together to create a free online group study … Continue reading

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Remembering

John 15:12-13 (New Living Translation) This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. I grew up hearing stories about … Continue reading

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The End?

Jonah 4:10-11 (The Message) God said, “What’s this? How is it that you can change your feelings from pleasure to anger overnight about a mere shade tree that you did nothing to get? You neither planted nor watered it. It … Continue reading

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Drama Queen

Jonah 4:7-9 (The Message) But then God sent a worm. By dawn of the next day, the worm had bored into the shade tree and it withered away. The sun came up and God sent a hot, blistering wind from … Continue reading

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Temper Tantrum

Jonah 4:1-4 (New International Version) But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall … Continue reading

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