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Category Archives: Theology

The Conspiracy of Advent

December 14, 2014

**Every year, I release this post as a way to put this season in perspective. I’ve updated the organizations to …

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Letter on Suffering

November 30, 2014

I was recently asked this question on the nature of suffering: “What is the point of constantly suffering from the Christian …

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Resumes vs Roots (Economics vs Oikonomics)

July 27, 2014

In previous posts, I’ve started a conversation related to two different ways of seeing and being in the world: what I …

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Economics vs Oikonomics

July 18, 2014

**In the next few posts, I am going to spend some time unpacking what I think is a central way …

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Rule of Life

July 10, 2014

In several different posts (Set Your Mind on Things Above, The Beauty of Discipline, among others)  I have written about …

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Blessed are the Shalom-makers

May 20, 2014

Blessed are the peacemakers,    for they will be called children of God. Matthew 5:9 (NIV) “Happy are those who work for peace; …

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Set Your Mind on Things Above

April 25, 2014

In a recent post, “Point Your Life in the Right Direction,” I wrote about the importance of orienting one’s life …

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Point Your Life In The Right Direction

April 22, 2014

“Oh listen, dear child – become wise; point your life in the right direction” Proverbs 23:19 This was the question the …

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The Vicious “virtues”

March 28, 2014

Greed, gluttony, lust, envy, [and] pride are no more than sad efforts to fill the empty place where love belongs, …

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Career Advice from my Mother

January 8, 2014

“We should go with our lives where we most need to go and where we are most needed” Frederick Buechner Growing …

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