Freedom: Confession and Repentance

Confession and Repentance

Having racked up more than a million miles on three airlines, I have met a lot of people on planes. Every single time, our conversations came around to how they weren’t happy in their lives. As I shared that I grew up in a religious tradition that put a lot of focus on guilt, without fail each person […]

Get Quiet to Hear God

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The angry noise of our world has become deafening. Would you agree that now is the time for Christians to help lower the volume? We all have painful memories and scars, the result of society’s deterioration of civility, harmony, and even friendliness. As the writer Henry David Thoreau noted more than 150 years ago, “Our […]

Unplug. Take a Walk With God

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Perhaps you need to unplug and take a walk. I suggested this to a friend earlier this week. Throughout recent weeks while our country has been so divided, he has been riddled with anxiety, fear, even anger. I looked at him and asked, “When was the last time you took 24 hours to turn it all […]