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I slept until 10:30 this morning and (I”ll admit it) it is 11:30 and I am writing this from bed. Martin, who left at 7 a.m. to help his father with something, got back about an hour ago and is fast asleep (and snoring) next to me. The sun is shining through the curtains of…

Just finished the first class in my PhD program. Six credits down and 54 to go…ouch. Beginning new things, especially things with a long timetable or uncertain outcome, can sometimes feel so daunting that it seems more prudent not the start at all. And yet, the certainty of a predictable black-and-white life pales in stark…

Paradox: A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth i.e. “My grace is sufficient for you, for my [Christ’s] power is made perfect in weakness.”Hypocrite: A person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially…

I received this note on Facebook a few moments ago from Mark Van Steenwyk, member of and urban intentional community called Missio Dei and blogger/editor at Jesus Manifesto.  Made me wonder what, if any, place traditional civil disobedience has in a world so loud with information that wars, typhoons and pandemics sometimes seem like a blip…
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