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Today’s WordPress writing prompt is: Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. As a DIY guy, I’ve had many ambitious projects that I thought I could handle. Plumbing, electrical, construction, landscaping, finish work… I’ve managed to tackle project after project, though not without adversity. Some projects have been easy, like changing out
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So this year I’m going to start writing or recording shorter blogs, many of which will seem random. I really want to share observations about life, memories, current events, and other seemingly “non-spiritual-specific” subjects. Since God the Father has put all things under the Kingly authority of Christ, I believe that opens up all of
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Well, the clock continues to tick forward, the calendar turns from month-to-month, year-to-year, and life marches on. I’m still around (which may relieve some of your worries about me after over five years of blog silence), though a LOT of life has happened over that span. First things first: blogging has become hard for me.
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The kingdom of God re-orders all of life, including the way we understand time. The liturgical year helps us grasp this reality. We normally order our time by the days and weeks of our modern calendars, beginning in January every year. In many liturgical traditions, the church calendar is ordered around the story of God’s
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Twenty-eighteen hasn’t been the happiest of years for my family (so far), though we have still managed to have some pockets of fun in the midst of struggle. Both the lovely Mrs. Newton and I have battled illnesses — acute and chronic — and racked up a few thousand dollars in physicians bills and prescription
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Oh, that treacherous kingdom of What If! That world of unknown and possibilities! That place where contemplative, thoughtful and tender-hearted people get stuck and then wiped out by the enemy’s emotional snowball!
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Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves… You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had … (From Philippians 2:3-5) This past Lenten season (Ash Wednesday to Palm Sunday), our church replaced our normal corporate prayer time with
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In the springtime, beauty breaks into the barrenness to remind us that all is not lost in this world. To remind us that God has not abandoned us to cold and heartbreak and foolishness. That things may be void of leaves for a season — bare branches — but they are not necessarily dead. Indeed,…
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Happy Palm Sunday! Seven years ago I wrote a pithy blog on one of my favorite parts of Jesus’ Triumphal Entry — the threat of stones crying out. Here is a re-post in honor of the start of Holy Week. Palm Sunday is today. It’s the day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem to the fanfare
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So I had this neck procedure thing on Thursday morning. Nothing major; just a burning of nerve endings to several of my vertebrae in hope of finding some pain relief. I struggle with back, head and joint pain every day, so I figured that if I can find help with just one of those issues,
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