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What a Proper Spiritual Fast Looks Like
When my pastor asked the congregation to join him in a prolonged fast, I was tempted to decline. Grace and freedom, you know—the stuff of...
Jan 17, 20122 min read


The Sermon on the Mount: a Brilliant Solution for Our Times
Matthew 5:1-16 (My Paraphrase) Blessed are those who know they have much more to learn than they have to teach, and who are more eager to...
Jan 13, 20122 min read


The Great Egg-Balancing Hoax (When People Believe What They Want to Believe)
Perhaps you’ve done it—balanced an egg on its wide end sometime during the vernal or autumnal equinox. A friend of mine introduced this...
Mar 23, 20112 min read


Raise Your Bootay (On Authentic Prayer and God’s Love)
The other day I was met with disappointment that weighed my spirits, literally, to the ground. After about twenty-four hours of moping...
Feb 26, 20112 min read


Why Some Men Don’t Get Enough Sex
Years ago my husband asked someone if he and his wife were going to have any more kids. “You have to have sex to have kids,” the man...
Feb 14, 20112 min read


When it Comes to "Answering the Call," Nike is Right: Just Do It
My dad has been involved in prison ministry for over twenty-five years. He has built a rapport with the inmates that keep them coming to...
Jan 7, 20112 min read
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