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Jesus Takes a Walk | Lesson #5: It Doesn't Matter If You've Heard it Before
He’s going on and on. He’s telling Jesus all that had been going on in Jerusalem over the past number of weeks. No doubt he brought up the miracles and signs and wonder. Not surprisingly he spoke of...
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The Bible Only Tells One Story
Jephthah was the son of a prostitute. His morally flexible father had a growing family with another woman, his wife. Sooner or later it became impossible to hide his indiscretions; from his wife or his...
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Monday Morning Preacher: 25 Years of Stories
This weekend I had the joy of participating in a celebration. It was a party 25 years in the making. My family moved to California in 1989. We had just returned to the States after being in the...
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Monday Morning Preacher: Telling the Story Takes Time
The year was 1980. The date was May 21. My dad was standing in line waiting for the second showing of the timeless film The Empire Strikes Back. Anticipation could not have been higher. After all, just...
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What Makes a Good Story?
Every story makes a promise. The good stories keep their word. That is to say every story draws you in, makes you ask questions, and creates a problem. And by doing so a story simultaneously promises...
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Monday Morning Preacher: Money and Our Vision of Heaven
Money is power. And yet it’s paper. It’s digits on a screen. This paradox is best understood when we look deeper at the power of money. You see, when we look at money we don’t see paper or digits. We...
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Jesus Took a Walk | Lesson #6: It's Not Easy to Deliver a Difficult Message
Jesus has been walking. He’s been asking questions … listening … and waiting patiently. Yet as one of the travelers grimly reflects on the tragedy of the Messiah’s death and the uncertainly of...
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Monday Morning Preacher: Before
Before. Not after. Before. Before you were born. Before you started walking. Before you fell. Before you could talk. Before you said your first cuss word. Before you graduated. Before you got fired...
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Monday Morning Preacher: The One Thing God is Always Saying
A man walked up to Jesus. He was one of those guys who followed all the rules. Not only did he religiously follow all the rules of the Bible, but he even made up a few rules himself and followed those...
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Monday Morning Preacher: How Much You Wanna Bet I Can Push that Huge Rock...
Jacob had a problem. He was alone. He was by himself in the world. He was single. So he traveled hundreds of miles to find himself a wife. And the first gal he met, he made his intentions clear. He...
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Stop Believing This Lie
You’re believing in a lie. And so am I. From childhood flag football game to leading Fortune 500 companies we are taught to never be satisfied. We have to keep improving. We have to keep getting...
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Why Don't We Tell More Stories?
Life is about stories. Think about it. Each season. Every year. Every month. Each week. Every day. Every moment. Right now … a story is unfolding. And these stories make up our lives; they blend...
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One Idea that Will Change All of Your Relationships
"We need to talk.” When I hear these words or words remotely similar, an instant stream of tragic possibilities floods my mind. What did I say? What didn’t I say? What did I do? Was it today?...
View ArticleMonday Morning Preacher: Work, We're Doing it Wrong
Many of us view our jobs as a means to an end. Many of us go through the pain and toil of an entire year of work just so we can have a few weeks off … to do what we really want to do. Many of us give...
View ArticleDiscipleship is a Setup
It was a sad day. Many believed and trusted and hoped that Jesus was the Messiah. But two days after his crucifixion reality started to set in. What happened? What did this all mean? You see, in...
View ArticleA Better Way to Listen to a Story
Have you ever listened to someone tell a story? You know, someone passionately recalling an incredible experience, television show, or car crash? Yes? Good. Now … think about it. While they were...
View ArticleMonday Morning Preacher: Preaching is Silence
Fredrick Buechner convinced me. Before a sermon is anything it is silence. There was an eternity before “let there be light”. There were thirty years of obscurity before “blessed are the poor in...
View ArticleStorytelling is the Highest Form of Generosity
When you give money to someone, that says a lot. It communicates a willingness to be inconvenienced or make a sacrifice for the benefit of someone else. After all, you worked hard for that money. You...
View ArticleFailure is Part of the Story
Seth Godin once said, “if I fail more than you, I win.” To be sure I wasn’t immediately receptive to this idea. Like most of what Godin has to say, when I heard it … it took me a minute to sink in. But...
View ArticleMonday Morning Preacher: The Statement in Every Question
Perhaps few things reveal our humanity more than questions. When we ask questions we admit we are not God. We can't do everything. We can't be everything. We don’t know everything. That means few...
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