As you may or may not know, I desire to someday be a pastor. I’ve wanted to be one (and have felt called to be one) for probably around ten years now. It is what led me to obtain a degree in Pastoral Leadership Studies. Long story short, I’m not one…not yet. But I do [...]
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Christians pay for all kinds of crazy things. Go into your local Christian bookstore and there is a Jesus-ized version of every product imaginable: jeans, shirts, belts, pencils, mints, video games…you name it, they can make a Christian version of it and sell it to Christians who are willing to pay for it. But there’s [...]
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I’ll be honest, I kind of hate the week or two leading up to Thanksgiving. Everyone is always talking about all the things they are thankful for: family, friends, spouses, clean water, food, jobs. That’s great and I think we should definitely be thankful for all the good things in our lives, but at some [...]
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This past Friday at work I was working on a special project that allowed me to opportunity to be off the phones all day. As someone working in a call center taking up to 80 calls a day, this was great news! As I work, I will typically plug in the old earbuds – sometimes, [...]
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