The Christian looks at one who is spiritually thirsting and, having known salvation in Christ, wants to share that satisfaction.
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What does it mean to age in heaven?
On earth we think of aging as an ineluctable curse. In heaven, it will be revealed as a real ripening.
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The problem with confessing our comfortable sins
Gossiping is a sin. But the greater sin is ignoring our failure to live and love like Christ.
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Ash Wednesday reminds us that salvation is a team sport.
People are sinning and repenting of their sins all year round. So, why make a day of it?
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All animals feel pain. So why do only humans live in dread of suffering?
Christ embraced the most alienated region of human life: our fear.
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Charlie Brown and his football: a story of Christian hope
Are you a Charlie Brown or a Lucy?
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Art doesn’t change the world. So why escape to the movies?
Even if “downtown” only stretched a block, most whistle-stops on the American prairie took great pride in their theaters, their dream palaces. Back in the last century, they would have been the only place a person raised in the heartland would have seen the ocean or a skyscraper, or seen someone like Rhett Butler kiss […]
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Hollywood has a God problem: How do you film pure consciousness?
The concept of God is both utterly reasonable yet absolutely unimaginable.
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The more we pour out ourselves, the more we become our best selves.
Our deepest identities are found in our call to service.
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Why did the three magi see in the heavens what others could not?
Eyes of faith see things in the world that others insist are just not there.