Rebellion

Most of us have that one thing (or more) in our life that we engage in, knowing we “probably” should not, but continue to anyway because we enjoy it. You know, the activity we use to “relax” and take our mind off of things; that poisonous morsel from the world we ingest because it tastes

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Stop Playing the Victim

Whenever I’ve asked my congregation to raise their hands if they’ve suffered this past week, month, or year, everyone raises their hands and there’s inevitably a collective sigh and usually a few chuckles. It’s a form of group commiseration, I suppose…a sort of, “Well, this is our life, and we don’t suspect it’s going to

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The Benefit of the Doubt

I’ve been around some shady people and, as a result, at times have been terrifically frightened. I’ve since carried in my flesh a baseline suspicion of others, including persistent doubts that people, overall, are doing the right thing and acting honorably with integrity. When I was younger, I was much less likely to give someone

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