What A Collection Of Young Adults Says About … Sex

Our One Sixty Seven series has been one in which the sermons were merely appetizers for the small group conversations to follow. And such was the case last night, when I gathered with a Young Adult LifeGroup I am privileged to lead in order to discuss the sermon-based...

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When You Can’t Articulate …

Several years ago I came across a startling statistic: Vocabulary of a three year old in a professional home: 1,116 words Vocabulary of an adult in an under-resourced home: 974 words As mind-bending as that statistic is, its implications are even more troubling. When...

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#OneSixtySeven, Week 4 — You Give Love A Bad Name

It was 1986 and Bon Jovi told us this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ And that video has had 184 million views! Anyway, our 21st Century American culture has taken giving love a bad name to a entirely new level, hasn't it? A toxic combination of power,...

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The Whimsical And The Weighty

A collection of thoughts and observations ranging from from the personal to the political and from the light-hearted to the heavy-handed ... The most exciting thing in my life over the past week has been working with a new contact lens specialist to locate a new brand...

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When My Life Suddenly Snapped Into Focus

It happened when I saw this: Between 13 and 16, the biggest songs were: Hotel California Take It To The Limit Over The Hills & Far Away Brown Sugar More Than A Feeling Stayin' Alive  (OK, there are exceptions to every rule.)      

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Words Make Worlds

A high school senior from Good Shepherd shared her application essay to a national Christian college.  You'll see how Good Shepherd language has deeply shaped her Christian identity: My personal faith and beliefs will contribute to [the college's] mission because of...

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