leadership, catalyst, and other random stuff…
lead·er/ˈlēdər/ Noun: The person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country. A person followed by others. Leadership has always been living in the tension of wanting to be a strong, confident leader and hiding in my closet with sugary carbohydrates trying...
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the power of giving…
The power of the Internet has changed the game of how we live our lives. Think I’m being dramatic? Think again. With things like YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and blogs, people have instant access to what they are interested in for free. Yes, for free. By...
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the lost…
We’ve all misplaced something at some point or another. Our keys. Our shoes. Our minds. But eventually we find them and sigh a sigh of relief. But there are times when something is lost. No recollection, no path, no hope. In Luke 15 Jesus speaks of a woman who...
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to love or not to love…
The opposite of love is not hate. It’s not loving. You only have two choices: to love our neighbor as we love our self, or not. But loving others—especially people we don’t know or like—is uncomfortably hard. And it takes time. And energy. In a...
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stepparenting: failed…
Yesterday was quite possibly the worst failure in my career as a life-long stepparent. Oh Internet, I try. I really do, but sometimes my dreams of being an amazing stepparent and standup comedian go up in a ball of flames. The example: Parker, my eight year-old...
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some thoughts on faithfulness twenty years later…
Twenty years ago I stood in the cafeteria of Azusa Pacific University and dreamt of a day that I would walk onto a college campus as a student. Twenty years ago I stood behind a cafeteria food counter and served morning breakfast foods to affluent, educated college...
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why women don’t like women’s ministry…
Have you ever stood knee-deep in a bad situation, yet believed good could prevail? Have you ever seen a company loosing customers, yet saw the intrinsic value that the company possessed in the community? Have you ever seen an ugly ducking that you believed would morph...
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moving through the desert…
The desert is a lonely and isolated place for many. For some of us, we creep into the barren land without realizing it. For others, we are dropped into sudden infertile grounds of with nothing more than one sentence. I don’t love you anymore. You have been...
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reload…
I’m tapering down from vacation and feel ready to head back to the regular routine of alarm clocks, deadlines, and pressing forward. As I admitted before I left for my wee holiday, I needed to get away. Sometimes being in the battle takes a bigger toll than you...
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the tragedy of relationships…
I love the diversity of voices that speak truth into the world. As we’ve been discussing relationships and dating this week, I think it’s important to have a different voice speak into this. I asked my friend Jared to write a blog from a pastoral...
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I’m a writer and teacher in love with two men: Jesus and my husband, Matt. [You might not find this funny, but I laugh at myself, so it all balances out.]
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