Monthly Archives: February 2005

Another Flavor of World

The driving motivation behind the creation of a Christian subculture in America has been the issue of relevancy. We have wanted to make ourselves relevant to the world around us so that the gospel can be understood in terms that … Continue reading

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Living in the Twilight Zone

“There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies … Continue reading

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Truth Floats

Love: to act for the benefit of another—visibly, practically and intentionally. I talked to an old farmer and mill worker moments ago. George was his name. He asked me about house churches and remarked about the need for simplicity. He … Continue reading

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Transforming Friendship

Meditation looks for peace in the isolation of the soul. Prayer finds peace in the communion of the spirit. Isolation and desolation are brothers. Communion and completion are Father and child.

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Rummaging Through Life

Seems to me that God has given all of us the need to belong, to have “a people” to belong to. Those without belonging have a hole in their soul that bleeds. Some build facades to mask the deficit. Sociopaths … Continue reading

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Finding My Face

“But the real fear is what we would do if we took off our masks and discovered that we had no faces?” I’ve been reading a book called The Transforming Friendship by James Houston in which he puts that question. … Continue reading

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