Why I'm a Political Cheerleader
There are three things we all know to be true: (1) The world would be at peace if only the Mississippi State Bulldogs (or occasionally the LSU Tigers) were national champions in all sports year after year; (2) the University of Tennessee Volunteers (followed closely by the Duke Blue Devils) are the bane of all earthly existence; and (3) politics are a lot like collegiate sports.
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Rethinking Presence: Is Showing Up Enough?
Presence doesn’t seem like much. Webster’s defines it as “the fact or condition of being present.” It doesn’t suggest preparation, work, energy, motivation, or even effort.
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A Stranger on the Last Train to Glroy ("Owed" to Arlo Guthrie)
So here we were talking about Jesus’ mandate to care for the poor and the outcasts, singing Arlo songs about community and love, and ready to go back to our comfortable homes and climb into our comfortable beds, then here comes this homeless guy asking us to do unto him as Jesus would.
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A Lenten Meditation
According to the Church calendar, we’re in the season of Lent. As a life-long Baptist, I’m new at this party and still learning my way around such things as “the Church calendar.”
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