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Leaders, Be Serious!

BlogDecember 8, 2022172Views0Likes0Comments
Bookstores all across the country have hundreds of books in the "Business" sections talking about how to be a good leader. They have lists and lists of characteristics and behaviors that a "good" leader has or needs. And they sell well because most of us who are leaders really do want to be successful in…

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Wage the Good Warfare

BlogDecember 7, 2022191Views0Likes0Comments
Let's face it, we live in a society that has exalted radical uncertainty to a virtue. Where the "really sophisticated" people pride themselves on being able to "see all sides" of an issue without ever coming down clearly on a position. Modern thinkers fear being labeled "fundamentalists" or "close-minded" and fear this so strongly that…

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All Things

BlogDecember 5, 2022169Views0Likes0Comments
I remember the look on his face when I told him that Orthodoxy is "maximalist, not minimalistic." And then I reminded him of years of government promotion of the "minimum daily requirements" of this or that vitamin to be healthy. He slowly began to understand what I meant when I added "We don't treat spiritual…

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The Flattery of Imitation

BlogDecember 2, 2022185Views0Likes0Comments
One of the Substacks I read regularly is Common Sense, and recently they had an article by Luke Burgis entitled "Why Everyone Wants the Same Thing." It was absolutely brilliant. Sadly, it's behind a paywall but the gist of the article is "Human beings are expert imitators (mimetic comes from a Greek word meaning “to…

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TRADITION!

BlogDecember 1, 2022194Views0Likes0Comments
What do we mean when we use the word "tradition?" To many, especially the millions of American Christians formed and shaped by popular Christianity, it is usually seen as a negative. You know, the "traditions of men" that Jesus warned us to avoid (see Mark 7:8-9). For others, formed by various religious and cultural traditions,…

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Giving Tuesday!

BlogNovember 30, 2022178Views0Likes0Comments
Wow. Thank You! Our Giving Tuesday participation launched our End-Of-Year Campaign off to a great start! Thank you to everyone who participated! But it isn't too late to give! Our Campaign runs until the close of the year. Did you know that most non-profits make the majority of their operating budget during the months of November and…

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