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Sabbath Keeping in Modern America

I recently finished Ruth Haley Barton’s book Sacred Rhythms: arranging our hearts for spiritual formation. One of the last chapters was about Sabbath-keeping. Sigh. Sabbath-keeping is one of those things that I’ve always thought wistfully about. It sounds so good, so ideal, so beautiful, so impossible with four young boys and a young church. Here’s [...]

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One Paragraph Reviews: The Advantage

There was a time in my ministerial career where I was overwhelmed by books, conferences, and discussions about organization health, leadership, etc. And so, in the past 4-5 years, I’ve been in a sort of “detox” from all that stuff and haven’t read anything in the “new-business-buzzword/biography/idea” genre. But, recently one of my favorite authors [...]

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A Boxing Robot Made Me Cry

We got home from church yesterday around 4:00 after being guests for a delicious lunch (we usually eat leftovers and popcorn on Sundays). I picked up two movies on the way home, one for me (In Time) and one to watch with my two oldest boys – Real Steal. Here’s the quick summary from IMDb: [...]

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