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On broken hearts and crazy love

There are never any words sufficient to address the senseless acts of violence that are happening too frequently in our world.  Our instinct as human beings is to somehow try and make sense of it all, to find an explanation,

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Posted in Death, Faithful Living, Grief

Choosing to love

Love is much more of a daily decision than a feeling. I’m not sure I would have said this sentence five years ago. Then, I was still looking to gratify my own sensual and sexual needs. I was coupling these

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Posted in Faithful Living, Marriage

Subject: Fwd., Fwd., Fwd., Fwd., Fwd.,

In general I don’t like emails that have been forwarded a dozen times. However, I do usually have a look at what I have been sent unless I have reason to suspicion a virus or such. Why take the time?

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Posted in Missions

Questions about Christian beliefs

Not too long ago some friends at my church, Baptist Church of the Covenant in Birmingham, asked me if I would talk to them about five questions. I’ll respond to the first two questions in today’s post and with the

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Posted in Ecumenical Leaders, Faithful Living, Theology

“. . . as you love yourself.”

If Jesus were pastoring in a mainline, Protestant church today, and were asked the same question scribes and scholars ask in Mark 12.28-31 (What is the greatest commandment?), I think he’d omit the “. . . as you love yourself”

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Posted in Health & Wholeness, Healthy Living, Leadership, Marriage, Mental Health, Ministry

Rachel’s coat

When I lived in NYC I worked at an Episcopal church overseeing their programs for the homeless – an overnight shelter, a lunch program, a food pantry.  One day, Tom, the rector, came to talk to me.  I could see a

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Posted in Faithful Living, Spiritual Formation

Find meaning

Not all stories have happy endings, but by the grace of God all stories may acquire meaning. Face it.  Told one way, our lives become tales of loss.  Lost youth, loves, jobs, opportunities, integrity, health, family, friends, energy, vision, hope—there

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Bringing the love back

 “I love you.”  It takes a relationship to a deeper level like no other three words can. Where were we when we first said the “L word?” Often couples remember this moment in their dating time together more than any

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Posted in Faithful Living, Ministry

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