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Tyranny of the Smartphone
A couple weeks ago I took some time off. Not exactly vacation, but I was out of the office for five days for one purpose: to paint the house in Toledo. The problem was I forgot to notify my iPhone that...
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The Generosity of Clark W. Griswold
One of my favorite Christmas movies is probably National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, the best of the Vacation movies they should have ended the series with instead of Vegas. There’s a part in the...
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The Nativity (Part 4): 5, 10 Minutes
(Check out the entire “Nativity” series.) You’ve probably figured out by now that I’m a huge fan of Seinfeld. One of the funniest episodes is from an earlier season when Jerry, George, and Elaine spend...
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Standing in God’s Way
I wake up pretty early most days, before the sun has risen. When I begin to make my way down the stairs, our cat Leo is usually there to greet me. He meanders slightly ahead of me resting on every...
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I Knock, You Talk
When I was a kid, sometimes my siblings and I felt it necessary, even dire, to interrupt our parents’ alone time. There may have been popsicles involved. At age seven, I didn’t know what was going on...
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Letting the Curtains Close in Silence
The human heart is capable of a wealth of emotions that can at once thrill and disturb. Personally, I wish at times I could isolate them, but they are too quickly convoluted beyond individual...
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What's Really Scary
Yesterday was a fantastic day, capped by our evening worship gathering, which I’ll write about tomorrow. The best part of the day for me happened twice, at the end of both of our services. If you...
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Shepherding my family (while guarding them against Pelagianism)
I wrote last week about my renewed view of the role of a pastor and in my resolutions post how I am prioritizing pastoring my own family. Pastors aren’t the only ones who should pastor their families....
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Making sure to use the magic words in prayer
[powerpress]I don’t recall a lot of things my dad taught me, but one I do remember is that in order to get someone to do what I want or to give me something, I first need to butter her up. I say her...
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A Truck Made with Forks?
Last Friday night, I called in an order at the local pizza place here in the small town where we live. Because I seldom have cash and I’m unsure whether their delivery guys can take my debit card, I...
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