How 2 ordinary guys confounded religious scholars.

Peter and John stood in front of the leaders of their tribe. Imagine a random Catholic talking to the Pope and cardinals, an ordinary citizen in front of the Supreme Court or the President’s cabinet, a student in front of the university president and faculty, you in front of the people you grew up being […]

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twitterversary

I’ve been using twitter as a way of interacting for five years. I’ve sent 20,641 tweets. That means that on average, 11 times a day I have said something to someone, said something about someone, said something for someone, or just said something. I’ve encouraged a little, talked about myself a lot, conversed some. I’ve […]

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changing me.

We were singing about the Bible. Ancient words, ever true Changing me, changing you I looked across the room. I saw someone signing the song to her husband in his wheelchair. He had a stroke a few years back. He was in nursing care for a long time, but finally was able to move home […]

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Saturday Reflection: on living the Bible

A couple years ago, Ed Dobson decided to spend a year living like Jesus (The Year of Living like Jesus). He had heard A.J. Jacobs talking about his book, The Year of Living Biblically. Jacobs, who was agnostic and Jewish, needed a new book idea after having read through the Encyclopedia Britannica, and decided to […]

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Saturday reflection: online. character.

This weekend in Michigan, a bunch of high school students who are leaders at their churches are spending time talking about faith and culture and leadership. The conference is called Converge2101. I was asked to create a video about online character. We decided to share it with you, too.

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