Tag: christianity
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Paper Pillars
I was thinking today on the nature of Institution. Our world is filled with them, from churches to governments to schools to friend groups. It is our nature to establish relationships and pathways that last, to make tracks on the world that others will follow. But in thinking about institutions today, I remembered the Spirit…
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Straits and Gulfs, Rivers and Seas
This past month was a unique one for me as I had the opportunity in a three week stretch to stand in the frigid waters of the Pacific in the Juan de Fuca Strait and then in the warm waves of the Atlantic in the Gulf of Mexico. Almost 3,000 miles apart, these two great…
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Scars and Shorelines
What does revival look like in a believer’s life? At a recent youth camp, the idea was posed to us of “returning to the way things used to be” with regard to our faith. That statement made me pause…Is that a true goal? Should we desire to return to some previous form of faith and…
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“CS Lewis is Overrated.”
“CS Lewis is overrated.” This was a line that one of my roommates in college (now a stand up comedian) put on a bulletin board in our room. He didn’t necessarily think it was a true statement, but he put it up to get a reaction. And as you can probably imagine at a Baptist…
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Calling
I was thinking the other day on the nature of Calling. Ministry certainly leans heavily into the idea, but it’s not just there. I hear often of teachers or coaches or counselors or artists leaning into what they perceive is their Calling, and in fact thus we get the word for a career of vocation.…
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ImAIgo
Ever get creeped out by AI photos? As these dumb image generators and LLMs are pumping out content that spews onto my social media feeds, I find myself with that uneasy feeling of distaste when I see the photos. As you can tell by the picture above (generated by AI), there are just a few…
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Imago
Pictured above is a self-portrait my daughter made. I love the art, because my girl was challenged to take those thoughts and emotions that she has about her own identity and create something. She imagined, and it became an image. Volumes have been written on what it means to be created in the Image of…
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