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Chicken Run 2013
Be forewarned, this post has absolutely NOTHING to do with messy, fallen, sinfulness of man, nor does it contain any advice as how to deal with said mess. It’s just fun. The last several days, ok...
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Why Go? Why Stay?
This week, Silverdale Baptist Church is holding their annual missions conference. As I walked into work this morning, I looked at the tables of all the ministries represented there, and this caught my...
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Christians, Gay Marriage and a REAL marriage revolution
18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of...
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Exciting News and Upcoming Changes
Hello Blog Friends! The last few years this blog has been found at http://www.boundlesstreasures.org and has been an amazing tool for me to share thoughts, make mistakes, grow, and meet some incredible...
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An Open Letter of Hope for the Hopeless Believer
I remember the first time I met Rachel Cantrell. She hobbled on crutches into the Village Deli in Wake Forest, NC, for an interview for a position at the YMCA where I was working as the Director of...
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On Selfish Prayers and the Silence of God
Many months ago on a Thursday night, my mom handed me her cell phone to read a text she had just received. It said something to the effect of, “I don’t have Bekah’s number so please tell her that God...
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The Prayer of St. Bonaventure
A student did a presentation in class today on St. Bonaventure, and she included his most well known prayer and it blessed my heart. May it bless you as well. Prayer of St Bonaventure. Recommended by...
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Dr. Piper, You Are Wrong on this one.
Yesterday, Rachel Held Evans posted a blog on “The Abusive Theology of ‘Deserved’ Tragedy.” Due to some personal tragedies, general life struggles, and the end of another school year, I’ve neglected...
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Shifting Views: Moral Absolutes or Political Debate?
I don’t normally pull my family into my blog posts, but I’m proud of my dad for how he recently spoke up, in a reasonable and wise manner, in an article for our local paper when many conservative...
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Baseball, Football, and the Countdown to Eternity
Last week the baseball team where I teach made school history. Without previously having won so much as a regular season district championship, they won the district, region, and substate tournaments....
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When the Benefit Outweighs the Cost
My parents have lived in the same subdivision for nearly 17 years. I’ve been running in that neighborhood for nearly 17 years, and I’ve been running practically the same route the entire time. It’s...
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To Know And To Be Known
In the next couple of weeks I have the incredible blessing of reconnecting in person with two of my dearest friends and favorite people on the planet. One lives in New York City. The other in Southern...
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Don’t Apologize on my Behalf, Mr. Chambers: The Theological Implications of...
I’ve had several people ask my opinion on today’s press release from Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International. In it, Alan makes the following statement: “It is strange to be someone who has...
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Some Raw Thoughts on Ministry Formerly Known as Exodus International
Last night I wrote a brief post addressing Exodus International President Alan Chambers’s apology to the LGBTQ community concerning the work of Exodus International. Literally two minutes after I...
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I’m Every Person
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Observations from sermons on the parable of the Good Samaritan from Morris Hill Baptist and St. Peter’s Episcopal today. Yep, two sermons, two...
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To Know the Fellowship of His Sufferings
7 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered...
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Words for Feelings
I always appreciate someone with the gift of setting words to music. Poetry has been a talent I have coveted for most of my life; I so love it, and completely lack the ability to think in such a...
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Breaking the Silence
I haven’t posted an original thought on this blog in nearly five months. Were there words to explain the reasons why, I could fill a book. Words, however, continue to escape me. But this picture,...
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On Crashing and Burning
1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the...
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Doctoral Studies Update
I mentioned in a previous post that my writing here has been nearly nonexistent in the last few months. One reason is that I have entered the final year of my doctoral studies. My Comprehensive Oral...
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