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Panera Bread is a wonderful place to change scenery. It gets me out of my home office, I can circulate with people, get good coffee, and some creative inspiration. Who knew it would also provide and example of Christian fellowship, mentoring, and accountability in action?

For many Christians, the Lord’s Prayer is almost a standard part of weekly worship.  Many of us never really had to memorize it – it just became part of our memory from sheer repetition.  However, as I strive to increase my own prayer life -  by adding these words to my personal prayer time I [...]

Unlike my virus – which is now firmly and comfortably at home in my nasal passages – there are things in our lives that cannot be treated symptomatically – however hard we try.

An 8 year old boy in Oregon gets suspended from school because he brought a 4 inch plastic toy gun to school – a toy gun that is part of an action figure’s lineup. School officials defended the principal, stating that she followed policy.  (KPTV) Yet another example of the idiocy of zero tolerance. When [...]

It follows, then, that anyone seeking to public service – considered a high calling by John Calvin – should be examined by the local church in terms of faith, religious practice, and spiritual maturity.