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Body Talk: Use Somebody
The system, then, is broken. Love is removed from the heart of the communal life. Malfunction, something worse than normal wear and tear, sets in, things rubbing the wrong way, making things worse in the long run. So what to do … Continue reading
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Body Talk: Malfunction
And so “where two or three are gathered” and their loves are out of order, there begins the breakdown of the body of believers. This disordered love leads to a real problem that could have catastrophic results. Let’s call this malfunction. … Continue reading
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Body Talk: Out of Order
And so the apostle Paul assumed that “building up the body” had something to do with growing up together, Christian and Christian, growing up into Jesus, the body’s head, and that sometimes each part isn’t “working properly.” Why does that … Continue reading
Body Talk: Breakdown Theory
A few years ago I (somewhat grudgingly) took the StrengthsFinder test for work. Of the five strength themes, connectedness, empathy, and relator surprised me the least. Input was a nice way to label what had become my renewed appetite for … Continue reading
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Religion, Relationship, Reductionism
I heard it again recently: the assertion that the Christian faith is a relationship and not a religion. And while I totally get what those who say such a thing are “going for,” I can’t help but feel like there’s … Continue reading
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Saturday Song: “We are people born of sound . . .”
I recently started a reread of Tolkien’s Silmarillion. The first section, which recounts the creation of the world, is beautiful. It involves the creation of all things through music. Genesis 1 also speaks of the creation of the world, this … Continue reading
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Saturday Song: Brother’s Keeper
This week I’ve been listening to Rich Mullins’ Brother’s Keeper. The title track is succinct and wonderfully pointed at something I find extremely difficult but somehow necessary. “Unless you’re pointing to the truth,” indeed.
Reading Scary Close: A Good Guide is Hard to Find
Donald Miller spent most of his last book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, encouraging readers to tell good stories with their lives, to be heroes of a sort. Early on in Scary Close you get a sense of … Continue reading
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Anachronistic Allowance (or: Jesus and Calvinball)
I recently (re)heard the story of Jesus’ response to his disciples after they rebuked the parents who brought their children to Him. Jesus, upon seeing the rebuke, is indignant (ESV) and says: Let the children come to me; do not … Continue reading
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The John Who Loves
From Donald Miller’s Searching for God Knows What: The way John writes about Jesus makes you feel like the sum of our faith is a kind of constant dialogue with Jesus about whether or not we love Him. I grew … Continue reading
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