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Encourage literally means “to put in courage.” It was C.S. Lewis who said, “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” Lewis links courage to our other virtues–like honesty and integrity because without courage, these virtues will never withstand the trials and temptations of this…

This morning I posted on a CNN article that described a vicious attack and rape of over 150 women in a Congolese village. Based on feedback from regular blog readers and friends, it is clear that my initial post failed in its goal, and so I decided to remove it and start over. Thank you…

With now over 100 comments on the post 100 Ways to Love Like Christ, we have a winner. Commenter “Regina” was selected at random to receive a free book. Regina wrote: Ways to show Jesus Christ’s love, to me, would be to share his love and teachings with everyone I encounter. Thanks to all who…

“Picture Jesus walking down the streets of Jerusalem. What kinds of things moved his heart? Where was His compassion revealed? I think we can all see where his compassion wasn’t aroused. For example, when people had turned His Father’s house (which was supposed to be a house of prayer) into what he called a ‘den…

Last week, I shared a couple of posts on apologetics and atheism, which may have given some readers the wrong impression. Let me be clear: I am not an apologist. I have the utmost respect for apologetics, but it is not the calling I’ve received. And quite frankly, I think that we can easily be…

This past June, Woodmen Valley Chapel sent a team of volunteers to serve and love the children of the Mstyora orphanage in Russia. This story of Love in Action demonstrates how God’s love works through us to love and serve others. We received this letter from one of the travelers, Matt, this past week. He…

For the first Deep Thought Thursday entry, I wanted to bring you a little bit of writing from Rainer Maria Rilke, an early 20th century poet and writer. In one of his letters to a younger writer experiencing great fear and sadness, he offers this advice: Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses…

Since we are discussing “how” Christlike love works, I want to host an open forum to gather the BEST ideas for how to love those around us.  Building off yesterday’s post, I want everyone who reads this post to leave a comment that answers this question: What simple thing can I do (or learn how…

I know both of these men well. Glad they are appearing together for this. Please watch the video. They both talk about issues of poverty and orphans. Thanks to my buddy, Matthew Turner for the Video   Q | Conversations on Being a Heretic from Q Ideas on Vimeo.

A friend of mine took her three kids to the doctor’s office. While in the waiting room, she met a young mother with her newborn baby. The new mom looked dog-tired. She recognized that look from the early days of being up all night with her own children. Their appointments ended at the same time.…
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