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mission: single|married|kids (3)
You may want to first read the introduction, part 1 and part 2 to mission: single|married|kids. Because Maggie and I don’t have kids, I’m about to wade into waters I likely have no business being in. Oh well. When it comes to thinking missionally about raising children there are a couple of cultural realities that…
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praying for hard things
In our staff meeting on Monday we spent some time talking about different PCC folks who are going through some hard things these days. Serious illness, relational breakdown and divorce, job stuff. I’m helping with the funeral of a PCC person’s parent this weekend. Some heavy stuff. As we prayed for these things during our…
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hope SPRINGS eternal
Here is what the weather website tells me… Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a steady temperature around 10. Wind chill values as low as -2. North northwest wind around 5 mph. Thursday: A 40 percent chance of snow after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 25. Wind chill values as low as -1. East wind between…
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links: belief, bono, taste, first use of “missional”
John Stackhouse asks whether you have to choose between your brains and beliefs? However much sophistication they affect, they must run in very narrow circles. I mean, two billion or so Christians and they think that all of them are stupid? Two billion Christians, and Dawkins and Hitchens don’t know any who are intelligent? Update:…
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mission: single|married|kids (2)
You may want to first read the introduction and part 1 to mission: single|married|kids. Those of us who are married often have a tricky enough time caring for and encouraging our spouses without thinking about how we can engage with the mission of God together. In part 1 we observed that Paul sees the single…
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