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I’m looking forward to speaking this weekend to the crisis pregnancy workers of Colorado at the Rocky Mountain Conference in beautiful Buena Vista.  These people are angels to women in times of need, confusion & stress.  It is my prayer that God will fill them up with his love and mercy.  Please pray for them.…

As my sabbatical is nearing its end my mind is returning to that which God has called me to do– primarily, preaching.  I’m currently reviewing all of the sermons that I’ve preached over the last decade and making observations so that I might continue to grow in my calling.  Also, I’m journaling, in conversation with…

I am honored and grateful for the, Who’s Next:  People You Should Know, article that Christianity Today did about me. Read it here:  Who’sNextGelinas.pdf

Caught on tape–This guys in trouble…

Some say that we discover who we are as we tell the story of our life.  That every chance we get to reiterate where we’ve come from we also reinterpret who we are.  This is the value of community.  Meeting new people affords us the opportunity to once more answer questions like–“Where are you from?”…

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In the latest Christianity Today magazine there is a discussion about the fate of frozen embryos left over in fertility clinics. There are more than a half million embryos stored in the freezers of fertility clinics?  That’s roughly the number of people who live in the city of Atlanta! There are four basic options as…

While on sabbatical I’m catching up on my “to read” stack of books.  I’m really enjoying Cornel West’s memoir entitled, “Brother West:  Living and Loving Out Loud.” Here are a couple of quotes from this Harvard professor, public intellectual and “bluesman in the life of the mind…jazzman in the world of ideas.” Here’s how he…

When I was a kid I remember a television commercial for a magazine (I think it was Psychology Today or something like that) that posed a number of questions to try and get you to subscribe to their magazine.   The idea was that if you wanted answers to those types of questions then this…
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