I believe that God calls on us, His children, to give one another grace — to give good to one another even when we don’t deserve it. Often this looks like refusing to write you off when you fail, or giving me the benefit of the doubt, or forgiving and letting you try again when…

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Sheba and her family had always been marchers. Their group leader was a mark-timing Drill Sergeant who pounded his hooves on the first and third and ran back and forth bleat-barking orders to stay in formation. Straight lines, even numbers, a square shape always. He said that’s the way the shepherd wanted it. Sheba was…

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Last summer I posted on Facebook and Twitter that I had concluded I am “solidly postmodern.” It created a bit of a stir among quite a few of those who know me. Many consider Christianity and postmodern thinking to be mutually-exclusive. They have questioned me and tried to get me to back away from this…

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After many of my friends have expressed frustration at the way people get on each other for expressing opinions online, I decided to try to encapsulate their sentiment. Do you think this captures it? Circular reasoning? Agree or disagree, and why?  

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I read a horrific story yesterday about a gang murder in Asia. A member of the gang (apparently on the run for assassinating a government leader) stole money from the gang. His fellow members beat him to death with a hammer for his betrayal, then cannibalized him. Stories like this remind me how many people…

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