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Do You Want to Get Well?
In my quest for freedom from back pain there has been a lot of hard work. I’ve been rowing for three months now. There were many days that I didn’t feel like doing it. At all. But, the payoff has been huge. I was able to go to my mom’s this weekend and do very...
One Body, Many Working Parts
Two of my favorite things in life are cooking and family antiques. Sometimes, those two things are in the same scenario. Recently I experienced such a scenario. On Easter, we all met as a family at my parent’s home for a meal after church. In recent years, I have been...
Why Is Being a Follower So Hard?
We have an authority problem. It’s an American problem and it’s a global problem. Specifically, we don’t trust the leaders and institutions that should and could empower human flourishing. That’s the conclusion of the Edelman Trust Barometer, a yearly survey of over...
What is Pentecost? And Where Did it Come From?
If you go back and read the Old Testament, you will discover that Pentecost was one of the Jewish feast days. Only they didn't call it Pentecost. That's the Greek name. The Jews called it the Feast of Harvest or the Feast of Weeks. It is mentioned in five places in...