Before I get into what I wanted to talk about today, I should mention the US News article on Dr. Dobson’s increasing political clout: ”The Dobson Way” It’s not a bad write up, overall. And it steers clear of much of the typical “be afraid” overtones. Rated America’s “most credible” print news source, you still don’t want to believe everything
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I received a package today that surprised me. Don’t start trying to guess what it was. You never will. I didn’t realize I felt this way until I opened the box. Confronted with the facts. And I’m completely blown away by it. It was a brown, cardboard box. Little smiley swoosh on the side. You know the one. Amazon. Oh
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Here’s an interesting tidbit for you, from Books and Culture: “If American Christians just tithed, they would have another $143 billion available to empower the poor and spread the gospel. Studies by the United Nations suggest that just an additional $70–$80 billion a year would be enough to provide access to essential services like basic health care and education for
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A few thoughts I left just kind of hanging in space last night, I want to try to unpack here tonight. If I can piggyback on something relevantgirl said in her comment–that American Christians are trite because we flee suffering–I’d like to offer a few (loosely connected) thoughts. I think after six months of this blogging thing, it’s high time
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Highlight of my day today was the morning devotional with Paul McCusker, VP of Resource Development at Focus, of which I’m a tiny cog. He is Episcopalian by choice, if you can believe that, and seems to be pretty proud of the fact (I’m just kidding of course). I think mostly he flaunts his liturgical credentials so he can quote
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