LEARNING MY LINES . . .

. . . discovering what it means to follow Jesus, seeing my story swept up into his . . .

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A Good Story. . .

My daughter-in-law Sheila emailed me a link to a great article this morning. It’s about some friends who have seen God’s mercy in the midst of great difficulty. That’s them in the picture. We got to know them when their…
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Women And Pornography Addiction. . . .

I received a sad but not surprising Facebook message from a former student of mine today. He was simply asking for my thoughts on a blog posted by a female friend. . . . a blog that he found troubling.…
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Pope-rah. . . Some Final Thoughts. . . .

Yep, I did it. . . for about a half an hour. I watched Oprah’s final minutes on TV. Well, on her show. There’s no way she’s anywhere near done with TV. Those last 30 minutes of Oprah teaching her…
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Why I Should Have Been Fired. . . .

The other night I was telling my family that I wish I had a good nickname. The conversation was prompted after my girls had convinced me to watch the Justin Bieber movie – “Never Say Never” – (Ok. . .…
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Come On. . . Is It Really Worth It? . . . .

In about two hours I’ll be sitting in a college office with my 18-year-old son. It’ll be a give and take with an administrator on class placement, course selection, and major possibilities. At this point, he hasn’t centered in on…
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The Church of Oprah. . . .

Ok. . . so the world didn’t end on Saturday after all. But for millions of Oprah fans, it’s going to end in three days. On several occasions over the past several years I’ve found myself starting a conversation with…
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Teens and Sex. . . .

Yesterday I drove down to Manayunk (part of Philly, along the river) to visit the offices of Harvest USA and to sit in on a test run of a new youth worker seminar they’re putting together. Manayunk. . . it’s…
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The Power Of Music. . . .

Weird. Lisa got a magazine in the mail yesterday and she didn’t ask for it. Her name and address was right there in that little white box on the bottom-left-hand side of the cover. It was all so normal yet…
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Pain, Suffering, And The Song In My Head. . . .

Cornelius Plantinga’s book on sin has a title that reflects reality: Not The Way It’s Supposed To Be. No, it’s not. And we know it. Some of us more than others. This morning, I’ve been thinking about people I know…
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Consumer-Driven Church. . . We Need A Fixing. . .

In the past, I’ve been accused of being critical of the seeker-sensitive, seeker-driven, and seeker-centered approaches to what some people call “doing church.” That’s accurate. I have been. My motivation – I hope – has not been driven by anything…
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