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Category Archives: telling
Out of the Salt Shaker
When people have been following God for a long time, it’s easy to stay in our bubbles. Most of the time, we don’t like to be challenged. But God has called us to make a difference in our world. We … Continue reading
a teacher who recruits
College admissions offices spend enormous energy recruiting students. Most faculty members don’t. The faculty are part of the product that recruiters sell. “If you come here, you will get to study with Dr. X. He’s the one who wrote that … Continue reading
Life is short
[First Friday guest post from Paul Merrill] My mom died in June. She was a month shy of 80. Her life was long and full, by most standards. Psalm 39:4 says: Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth … Continue reading
the upper left corner
I am not a formally-trained theologian. I am a formally-trained rhetorical scholar. I look at arguments or explanations or descriptions in the Bible more as conversations than as systematic theological statements. I want to see the people behind the words, … Continue reading
ninety five percent of the time
I heard the numbers long ago. I don’t remember them exactly. I don’t remember the speaker either. He was a business ethicist, talking to business people about ethics. (Profound. I know). He said, approximately, “ninety five percent of the time, … Continue reading
what happened in our backyard
We spent the day working on our yard. We are getting ready for summer, ready for graduation. I spent part of the morning in two of our perennial beds, turning the soil with a shovel. Nancy went through those beds … Continue reading
everyday life
Stories take words and breaths and turn them into walls our egos crash into, and overstuffed chairs our souls rest in, and kitchen chairs where our hearts linger over coffee and donuts. Stories teach best when they take the familiar … Continue reading
Dear friend
You want to follow God. You are feeling like you have nothing to offer, like you are at a party where everyone else brings cool gifts and you are still waiting for your last paycheck and so have nothing. You … Continue reading
word of mouth
[Matthew 4:23-25] I’ve started reading about word of mouth marketing. I think that it’s helpful to understand how to get people talking about what you are offering. If you put up a billboard or run an advertising campaign or mail … Continue reading
