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Monthly Archives: March 2016
Do You Suspect That You Don’t Matter?
Truth drops into our laps when we chit chat. During one such light conversation, a business colleague mentioned her frustration in dealing with a quasi-non-profit organization — ostensibly out to help small businesses — that runs just like a government bureaucracy. … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Christian, church, Culture, Faith, Family, God, home, Life, Lifestyle, Politics, religion, Social Media, spirituality, success, Uncategorized
Tagged authenticity, business, Christianity, Jesus, love, matter, meaning, network, personal brand, world
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The Titled Aristocracy of the American Church
I ran across a pastor’s money blog the other day that was talking about (shrewd) techniques, (clever) schemes, and (subtly controlling) tactics to increase church giving because, as church leaders know, those headstrong, disobedient, and immature lay members are penurious and miserly little moppets. If … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, church, Culture, Faith, Family, home, Life, Lifestyle, religion, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged American, aristocracy, Christianity, Jesus, leadership, nobility, titled
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Housewives, Unemployed, and Other Invisible People
We live in a society that validates — or condemns — people based upon the title of their occupation, and how much they make doing it. To this end, we are conditioned to see people like doctors, lawyers, priests, U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Beauty, Christian, Culture, Daily Life, Faith, Family, home, Job, Life, Lifestyle, money, religion, simple living, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Christian, employed, God, homemaker, housewives, job, money, rules, unemployed, value, work, worth
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Tired of the Command to Repent?
REPENT! It is the battle cry of melodramatic 19th and early 20th century evangelists, whose favorite image was that of the lowly sinner dangled over the flames of hell, toes toasted crusty as a reward for the hardness of his … Continue reading
Posted in Christian, Current Events, Faith, Family, God, home, Life, Lifestyle, Politics, religion, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Billy Sunday, Christianity, evangelist, God, Hebrew, hell, Israel, Jeremiah 7:14, law, leaders, Old Testament, preacher, repent
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It’s Okay to Do Nothing for God
Sometimes, doing nothing is what God wants us to do. It’s a difficult concept, this doing nothing, conditioned as we are through multiple weekly church inculcations to see works as a means of expressing our faith: we attend services and … Continue reading
Posted in children, Christian, church, Faith, Family, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, prayer, religion, spirituality
Tagged busy, child, Christian, doing nothing, God, Waiting
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Is Jesus the (American) Way, Truth, and Life?
It is not easy to live life on this planet. Most normal, ordinary human beings simply want to live — to love their family, feed that family, have time to be with and enjoy that family and their friends. But … Continue reading
Posted in acceptance, Christian, Culture, Faith, Family, home, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, money, religion, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged business, Christianity, Jesus, success
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Illiterate American Christianity
There is a religious ditty that, once you hear it, sticks in your mind forever: Read your Bible pray every day, pray every day, pray every day Read your Bible pray every day And you’ll grow, grow, grow. And, because people … Continue reading
The Freedom to Celebrate — Or Not Bother With — Easter
Freedom is one of those words we wax eloquent about, whether we’re singing a patriotic hymn or weeping through a religious event at a football stadium, but when it comes to actually experiencing it, or demanding the reality of what freedom promises, … Continue reading
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