Playing Together Again

On an early Saturday morning, my husband, three kids, and I piled into our van and headed to the remote control flying field near our house. As the sun crawled up into the sky, we took turns flying our airplanes in circles and figure eights beneath the clouds above us. Our family has been flying…

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Plant Churches Like Paul

The so-called pastoral epistles (leadership letters) are chock full of wisdom on the nature of spiritual leadership. But often when we study Titus or 1-2 Timothy, we fail to take them in full context. Paul wrote these letters to men he mentored and trained, but not just for their personal benefit. These were written for…

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Every Somewhere Sacred

Why Do Places and Land Matter? We live in places without knowing them. We can pass through the thick and varied landscapes of God’s world without seeing or knowing them. So why should we care about the places we inhabit? First, God cares about the physical world, so we should too. Evidence is everywhere throughout…

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