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I am not a doctor and I know very little about anatomy and physiology. I had never heard of a condition called Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism until early 2012. That year, I stared death straight in the face on two separate occasions. I want to share those experiences, not to sensationalize them, but rather to solidify…

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In 1989, while working as a Campus Minister at Kansas University, I attended a National Campus Ministers’ Seminar in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Two and a half decades later, I retain a vivid memory of one moment during that seminar in which a man shared an event from his own life that changed my worldview. God Has…

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Last week I had an unexpected exchange of ideas with a handful of people in the comments section of my literary agent’s blog. My agent, Tamela, had written a blog posting titled I Have No Plans to Write That Book. She was pressing us to write what it makes sense for us to write, while avoiding…

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Darlene Zschech, the noted worship leader for Hillsong Church in Sydney Australia, tells a memorable story about a gentleman who encountered one of her worship leaders, Steve McPherson, at the airport. She relates how the man excitedly informed Steve that he was a great singer, that he was going to start coming to Hillsong Church,…

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“Follow me,” Jesus said. No fewer than 19 times in the four gospels I find Jesus uttering this phrase … “Follow me.” And just as frequently, we are incluined to respond with something similar to, “Well, I would. I really would like to, but…” Each of us has somehow persuaded ourselves that our lives are…

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What can we, as disciples of Christ, learn from the loss of a football game? A lot, actually, but let’s look at just one glaring lesson we can learn from the stunning play that secured the loss of Super Bowl XLIX. The Seattle Seahawks had it their hands – the first back-to-back Super Bowl wins…

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