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Category: enlightenment

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What Is Salvation?

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Recently, a friend posted the following status on Facebook: “I’m glad not being an asshole is not a prerequisite of salvation.” I responded “Hmm, looks like we define “salvation” differently. …

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Beloved Community / enlightenment / humor / love / People / Truth / Youth

Sometimes, A Cigar Is Just A Cigar

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Lately, I’ve seen a lot of posts and articles about being in one’s 40’s. I have two reactions when I read them: 1) I chuckle and think “Oh, that’s cute” …

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Creativity / enlightenment / humility / humor

I’m Resolving Not to Make Any Resolutions

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Well, it’s 2014 and that means my news feed will be full of social media posts wishing me a Happy New Year, recapping of the year past and, of course, …

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Cancer / enlightenment / Fear / Healing / Life / suffering / Truth

In the Moment

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Most people spend their days never having to confront their mortality, only to come to face to face with it in the twilight of their years. I am not one of …

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Beloved Community / Bible / Christianity / cognitive dissonance / Doubt / enlightenment / God / grace / Holy Spirit / Jesus / Kingdom of Heaven / love / politics / progressives / scripture / Social Justice / The Gospel

Cognitive Dissonance?

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“Cognitive dissonance”…, I’ve heard that phrase several times over the years. But, it was only a few months ago that I took the time to see what it actually meant. Consulting …

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Beloved Community / Christianity / community / enlightenment / Religion / spirituality / The Church

The Need for Church

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Recently, Huffington Post published an article by Tara Woodard-Lehman titled Do You Really Need Church? Now, when I think of things I need, I tend to think of the lower levels of …

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Beloved Community / Cancer / Christianity / community / Creativity / enlightenment / grace / love / spirituality / Writing

Home Again

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The past two weeks have been…, let’s say interesting. Two Mondays ago, I began a project (building a teardrop camper) that turned out to be much bigger than I thought. …

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Beloved Community / Cancer / Creativity / enlightenment / intellectualism / Life / philosophy / Writing

Living on Borrowed Time

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This camper build isn’t going quite like I thought it would, but that seems to be the case with any project I take on. There have been setbacks, like the …

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Christianity / Doubt / enlightenment / God / prayer / radical discipleship / spirituality

Praying to God

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I’ll be honest with you, I have a problem with prayer. So much so that I rarely pray in the conventional sense. I don’t set aside time to pray every …

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Beloved Community / Bible / Christianity / economic justice / enlightenment / grace / internet / Jesus / Kingdom of Heaven / radical discipleship / Religion / scripture / Social Justice / The Gospel / theology

A New Parable?

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There’s a story circulating on the internets about a pastor named Jeremiah Steepek. In this tale, Steepek has just been appointed to a new church and his first Sunday isn’t …

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