One of my children’s teachers sent an email outlining the lessons taught last week in class. They learned about leaders. The emphasis was that leaders would function as a fountain or a drain. As you can deduce, fountains overflow into the lives of others, whereas drains suck the energy from those around them. Fountains problem […]
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Luke 11:25-37 Being Kind to Others Imagine coming across a stranger. It’s a hot Summer day – a man sits at the front of your church. Not the front of the sanctuary. He’s outside. It’s not even a Sunday, so only a few cars sit in the parking lot. The man is trying to charge
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Jonah 1 Much of the book of Jonah revolves around life and death, both Jonah’s desire to live or die, as well as God (Yahweh) and Jonah’s disagreement on who should live and who should die. Jonah is one of the many prophets mentioned in the Old Testament—a spokesman for Yahweh. And Yahweh was known
I’ve been watching AMC’s The Walking Dead (TWD), which takes place on post-apocalyptic Earth. After six seasons, I’ve recognized two overarching themes. The first theme is how to survive zombies. It’s an anticipated theme even for those who haven’t watched the show. The show introduces a handful of people, of whom some live and some
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Jonah 1:1-3 There once was a prophet commissioned by God (Yahweh) to go and prophesy against the great city of Nineveh. “For the evil in this city is great, and I have chosen to do something about it. Go to this city and warn them. Tell them to repent”, said Yahweh. Now, the prophet despised
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Today, I read some headlines regarding the whereabouts of the President this past weekend. Depending on the news source, he is either at Rehoboth Beach or he is at Rehoboth Beach while conflicts escalate. The later headlines care less about where he is and more about the timing of the vacation. Something similar happened with
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The Book of Jonah The book of Jonah is unlike many of the other prophet books in the Bible because it is written biographically and not reflectively (for example, “the word of the Lord came to me”). Furthermore, it seems unlikely that Jonah wrote this book. It was probably an unknown third party. Jonah may
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Why write? Why blog? No one is asking me to write. I am far from articulate, but I like to write, or I like the idea of writing. I tried to write in the past, but what came out was usually labeled as ‘too academic.’ I’ve never been accused of being an academic; it’s just my