Thoughts on God

A New Way of Thinking About Spiritual Disciplines

There is a destructive cycle of spirituality where we begin with “doing,” or self-effort.  Then we link our sense of significance with our achievements.  I wrote about this in a post called, “Cycle of Grace.”  Here is one of the illustrations from that post: We have a choice in our lives.  We can begin with [...]

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Cycle of Grace

A common approach to life is the cycle from “work” to “significance” to “success” to (the hope for) “acceptance.”  Something like this: The key is that, for many of us, the cycle begins in the “work” quadrant.  We feel the intense need to achieve in life.  Our identity is, all too often, based on what [...]

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Micro Theology Time

Drawing from an idea I blogged about awhile back, I want to have another go at micro-theology! How many of you are on Twitter?  How many of you use SMS as a regular communication medium?  You know about the need to say what you mean in a succinct, clear way.  Facebook updates?  Even email, to [...]

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An Image Worth Considering

An encouraging word for the weekend … I’ve been studying the book of Colossians for several weeks now as part of a teaching series at The Bridge Community.  It’s a first century letter written to a young church, giving them a vision for life and faithfulness.  One of the significant passages in the book is [...]

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Why History Is Better Than Astronomy!

Okay, so the title tells you I’m still a little insecure about the fact that I was a History major in college (reputed to be the most ‘useless’ degree available)! I’m constantly defending the social (soft) sciences over against the so-called, “hard” sciences, made up, I think, of math and chemistry and other stuff! But [...]

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Authenticity: Are You “Feelin’ It”?

My nine year old son has a new saying these days: “I’m not feelin’ it.” As in, “Son, will you help clean up the dishes?” “I’m not feelin’ it, Dad.” Now, despite the obvious parenting dilemma this brings out(!), I think my son has tapped into a defining characteristic of our society.  “Authenticity” is a [...]

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