I don’t live in the same town with some of my grandchildren, which means I only get to see them every year or so. Sometimes it’s even longer. I’m not happy about that … how far we live from one another … but the infrequency of our visits does give me a better perspective on [...]
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Trying to Dance to Another Tune
When I was a preteen I used to go to major league baseball games with my aunt and uncle. They lived in the Kansas City area and were die-hard Athletics fans. It was fun to tag along, learning from them the players’ names, what their strengths and weaknesses were, and which visiting teams posed the [...]
Seriously?
Try as we may, even Christians have a hard time tuning out our culture’s attitudes and values. We know we aren’t supposed to “let the world around you squeeze you into its own mould” (Romans 12:1, Phillips translation), but … over and over again … we find ourselves being drawn in. Instead of measuring ourselves against [...]