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On Walking Alone, Sometimes

I don’t often write personal reflections, but running across the above quote got me thinking about my nearly 70-year journey on Earth (I mean, where else would I journey?) which, looking back, could raise questions about my sense of direction … Continue reading

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Becoming Unlost in the Evangelical Woods

“Which woods?” you ask. “Good question,” I respond. “Just look around: hundreds of denominations. Buildings. TV and radio preachers. A music and film industry. Hundreds of millions of dollars in donations. Preachers. Crackpots. Programs. Rules and expectations. Meetings. And theologies—hundreds … Continue reading

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Why I Don’t Deconstruct

“Because I’m held together with duct tape” is not the correct answer. If you are not familiar with the term, deconstruction refers to the process of dismantling or analyzing something–originally a written text–to discover its meaning. More recently, it has … Continue reading

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Fear of Wonder

“Wonder,” I think, always carries with it a sense of questioning. How can you look at anything with wonder, and not be filled with questions? How? What? Why? Who? When? We have all used “wonderful” to describe something we’ve experienced … Continue reading

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