Do you remember being 2 years old? Probably not, but I bet you’ve known some two-year-olds. What happens when they are trying to do something and you offer to help? If your interactions with two-year-olds are the same as mine,
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Have you ever been asked a trick question? Someone asks you something you think you know the answer to, but, as you stop to think about it, there’s seems to be a catch somewhere in the question. But you can’t
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Last week, I wrote about becoming fully and authentically human (click here). For me, Jesus Christ is the person we look to in order to see authentic humanity, and he does this through his sacrificial death on the cross. But,
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As many of you know, I’m fairly active in many different community activities. One of them is something called “New World Brewing.” This is an intentional conversation. Each month, there’s a selected topic. Two “conversation starters” get the ball rolling
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“Come and see” is one of the most common evangelical themes I hear for Orthodox Churches. It comes directly from Sunday’s Gospel reading. But, the “see” part seems contradictory to scripture, which emphasizes “hearing” the gospel. In addition, the Church
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Do you feel set up for failure by the stringent fasting regulations of the Church? Do you feel like prayer rules or “putting your time in” at church is just false piety? Have you ever noticed an inconsistency between the
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The Orthodox Church has a Sunday called Judgment Sunday, and you may think to yourself, “Wow, that’s a harsh name!” And, with such a severe name, you wonder, “What’s the Good News of salvation found here?” The gospel passage is
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Has something ever happened to you that you thought was totally unfair? Have you ever gotten a traffic ticket or punished as a child and thought, “I didn’t deserve this”? Was someone else rewarded and praised for work that you
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Do you ever get excited about accomplishing your goals and then boast about it? Do you ever pride yourself on earning your right to be close with God through prayer, believing the right thing, or just being a good person?
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I came across a fascinating article on Psychology Today with the title of “How Therapy Works: What it Means to ‘Process an Issue’.”
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