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As the new year approaches, I think about fasting. I don't like it, but I know I need it. Our society offers us too much of everything - food, ent...
Think about all the conversations you have today. Are they detail-focused? How many are spiritual? Flying home from a fundraising trip to Midway, TX,...
I had a relative named Sue. She had an IQ over 160. She was beautiful and talented. And she contracted a terrible cancer that slowly destroyed h...
You can pick your own path or model for getting to spiritual maturity. Some ideas: "Get a seminary education." "Work in an orphanage." "Be more...
When it comes to religion, some people think, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If it worked before, just keep doing it. They're good at making and k...
A few days ago, I met a pastor of a church of 20,000 or so people in Delhi India. His congregats meet in home churches - 500 of them. Things starte...
Spiritual gifts can be wonderful and confusing - connecting us deeply to God and simultaneously dividing us from our brother. Whole denominations have...
Five years ago I posted about something we all struggle with - trusting God. Paradoxically, we encourage one another by sharing our struggle. I probab...
Michael Mangis, a Wheaton College professor, wrote about the correlation between temperament and spiritual weaknesses. He looked at the tendencies...
An old friend picked a fight with me by email. It was unprovoked, out of the blue, and offered me a test. At first I wanted to respond defensively....
