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Continue reading →: An argument for the costly care of the least of theseIf wrinkled Boomers with diabetes and heart disease amputations and hemiparesis are random collisions of worn out atoms draining our society of valuable resources… If the cost of rehabilitating the Grey Tsunami, aphasic from stroke, requiring a hoyer lift to move their paralyzed frames from bed to a rolling shower…
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Continue reading →: For a doubting son
Another dusk another day of errands and planning, dishes and laundry, texts from you to pick you up- tutoring was over. But class is still in session. The teacher is trying to answer your questions. You can’t see him, but you believe, you think. You doubt. You have questions. But…
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Continue reading →: Evidence of the ResurrectionOn Easter Sunday an unbelieving loved one sat with me in church while the gospel was heralded and the very doubts and questions he has were exposed. This of course has created some interesting conversations in the last couple days. Questions about evidence. He wants evidence of the resurrection. I…
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Continue reading →: Revive your heart for Easter: Look to seeds and plantsI’m not an apologist. I don’t know all the arguments for the evidence that the resurrection of Christ really happened. But I do know what happens to a seed when you push it into the earth. Throughout the Bible the image of seeds, trees and plants are used to describe…
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Continue reading →: Is his promise enough?One promise I look to in the Bible when I feel everything in my life is screaming, “There is no God! You’re all alone in this,” is Romans 8:28-29. “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according…
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Continue reading →: ChurchYou are not a well-oiled machine. You’re a body with heart disease weak in the limbs and dim in the eyes. You’re forgetful, and yet time and time again you look to the One who loves you with his life. You lift your head, revive your heart, strengthen your limp…
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Continue reading →: Three reasons teaching kids the Gospel is good for youIn recent months I began serving as the kids ministry director at my church. For me, getting on the floor to teach toddlers about Jesus has become a joy. But I’m discovering not everyone feels this way. And actually, I didn’t always feel this way. I realize there are people…
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Continue reading →: 3 Reasons I Got Up on SundayI woke up this past Sunday feeling heavy, tired and unmotivated. And honestly, I wake up that way a lot. On the energy scale of Eeyore to Tigger, I’m a notch or two above Eeyore. And my goal when I wake up is to just make it to the coffee…
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Continue reading →: How to cultivate an appetite for Jesus
Growing up in Roseburg, Oregon in 1989, all the cool kids shopped at the Gap store in Eugene. It’s an hour drive. And on some weekends, when I got to go shopping with my friends we would all plan to shop at the Gap and eat at Cinnabon. The aroma…
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Continue reading →: Bedside nurse(Image Credit) It’s a small army I see two or three days a week. While it’s dark and cold we march in uniform, feet shod with shoes ready to keep a steady clip for the next thirteen hours. The building we raid looms tall and overwhelming, pregnant with arrhythmias calls…
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