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Groom-to-be? Long-time husband? Read these wedding vows
Every couple months I get into a conversation with someone who has in some way or another, heard my wedding vows. They either attended our wedding or heard about it from someone else. Every time, they...
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Removing the Fog from the Process of Mentoring: 17 Things I Learned from...
I grew up in Vancouver, BC and always referred to Carson Pue as “Big Carson,” him being the only other Carson I knew of. The Pues were good family friends of ours and I have fond memories of a few...
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Why Time Management Doesn’t Matter Until You Get One Thing Straight
Imagine you are a kid again and your parents tell you on Monday to clean the garage this Saturday, with the help of your siblings. But during the course of the week, you forget what they asked of you,...
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Hot Blood on Snow
I wasn’t dressed as well as I could have been for the twenty-below-zero weather. My nose was stiff on the outside, runny on the inside, and my gloves were hardening up. I wish I had worn another pair...
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Jesus, His Crazy Ones, and Those Who Say, “Let’s Not Get Too Crazy”
Hi, friends! It’s been awhile since you’ve heard from me. I’ve been in the books at Grad School, studying for my M.Div. at Regent College in Vancouver, BC. Recently, I got the opportunity to preach my...
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Easter Sermon: Jesus is Alive!
What was the original gospel message that was preached after Jesus rose from the dead? Forgiveness of sins? Hope? Eternal life? Like me, maybe you get confused from time to time about what the root of...
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Seven Weeks of Biblical Greek: How A Dead Language Is Saving Me From Hell
After finishing my first year at Regent College for my M.Div., I spent April, May and June working on the first draft of my book. Then at the end of June, a long awaited adventure began: Summer Greek....
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The Five Contexts of Discipleship – Alex Absalom
A few weeks ago, I asked Alex Absalom a question at a gathering that my church had. “What do you do with all these models of discipleship? It seems like every church has a different way of getting...
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Hey friends. Just a quick note here. I recently changed the welcome messaging when someone new subscribes to my blog. But that leaves out all of you: my current readers whom I appreciate and want to...
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How to Handle Art without Messing it Up
A Theological Interaction on The Tree of Life and The Gospel of John The Tree of Life is an abstract, reflective film by Terrence Malick whose basic story line follows a boy (Jack) throughout his...
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Learning to Forsake Busyness and Cultivate Margin
I can handle it, I thought. I’ll be fine! I can do this. That was in January. But in April, after the semester was over and my brain and body were fried, I knew I made the same mistake again. I said...
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Narrative Over Knowledge: The Role of Story in Relationships
I was an English major in college, which afforded me the privilege of reading stories for four years. Now I have been in seminary for two years, and have ingested quite a lot of non-fiction material....
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