Reflection

October 13 Devotional: AW Tozer (Cultivating Spiritual Disciplines)

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Perhaps they have committed sins of the mind. . . .

Blessed are the Uncool by Rachel Held Evans

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Below is an excerpt from a blog by Rachel Held Evans. Her discussion is worth praying about.

People sometimes assume that because I'm a progressive 30-year-old who enjoys Mumford and Sons and has no children, I must want a super-hip church-you know, the kind that's called "Thrive" or "Be" and which boasts "an awesome worship experience," a fair-trade coffee bar, its own iPhone app, and a pastor who looks like a Jonas Brother.

Who are my Mother and my Brothers? An article by Lauren Winner

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The following is excerpted from Slate magazine, December 23, 2005.

The Gospels don't preach family values.

An old-fashioned family Christmas?

Anticipating the holiday, I've set up six small crèche scenes, clay and porcelain re-creations of the Holy Family, throughout my house.

My American Girl by Soong-Chan Rah

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Below is an excerpt from a blog by Soong-Chan Rah, the author of The Next Evangelicalism, and Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism and North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL.

My daughter will turn 10 this month. In many ways we have tried as much as possible to expose her to as wide a range of peoples and cultures. We have attempted to encourage a sensitivity and sensibility about racial differences but also human similarities.

Blog of note: Mike Breen on Why the Missional Movement Will Fail

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It's time we start being brutally honest about the missional movement that has emerged in the last 10-15 years: Chances are better than not it's going to fail.