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Making Room.

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This is a guest post from my wife, Kim. I’m glad she agreed to be part of the #ChristmasCountdown2020! ad·vent [ad-vent] noun 1. a coming into place, view, or being; arrival: the advent of the holiday season. 2. the coming…

Christmas Traditions: The Living Nativity

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This is a guest post from Jacob Sahms. Jacob is husband to one, father to two, pastor to 2 churches under 1 roof, blogs at Mustard Seed Thoughts, tweets @Spider_Raven, and is managing editor at HollywoodJesus.com. I was always a wise man. Or…

E.W. Jackson on “False Religion”

The Richmond Times-Dispatch recently wrote about an appearance by Virginia’s Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor, E.W. Jackson: [He] told his audience that those who do not follow Jesus Christ “engage in some sort of a false religion.” I immediately assumed “his audience”…

Vitamin D Milk & A Hershey Bar

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Walking into the neighborhood drug store tonight, I could see a gentleman sauntering toward me as I approached the front door. I looked up from putting my keys in my pocket and made eye contact. “Do you have some change?”…

Remembering Amber

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if I die young… And I’ll be wearing white when I come into your Kingdom… On a rainy night in July 2011, Amber passed away in a car accident. Seeing hundreds of people pack into the church the next week…

Millenials Going Where?

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Rachel Held Evans’ article Why Millenials Are Leaving the Church has garnered quite a lot of attention, and I am fascinated by what she says. We want to be known for what we stand for, not what we are against. I…