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The Chapter I forgot to write.

14 minutes

It’s been a little more than eighteen months since The Wisdom Of Your Heart hit the shelves. In that time, I’ve had a lot of conversations with people about the book, and how it connected for them. 

Or how it didn’t.

I’ve learned a lot. I learned that we need to talk about emotional health in the church a whole lot more. I learned people are hungry for aid in this part of their lives. I even learned that my little book was really helpful for some people. That’s fantastic!

I also learned that I had left something important out. Honestly, it was my fault. It was a blind spot for me. If I were writing the book today, there would be a whole chapter about this missing piece.

So, what’s this chapter I’m bummed I overlooked?

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Did you know your Christian hero was a theological mess?

7 minutes

The internet has made two things very clear about the Christian community.

First, a lot of us love to be right. Second, we feel especially right when we can castigate someone else for being wrong.

Somewhere we got this idea that the thing God cares about most is that all of our theology is correct. Let me state that another way.

We act like we believe that what matters most to God is the intellectual ideas we agree with. So, when we come across folks whose intellectual ideas don’t line up with ours, we take it as a mission to correct them—as if our life (and perhaps eternity) depends on it.

This idea is destructive. It’s wrong. It undermines our capacity to love and tears down the witness of the church. It’s time we get over it.

Recently, I read a short book that illustrated this so well.

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Can I Handle this Present Moment? Practicing Presence and the release of my Audiobook.

8 minutes

Today is just another day. People are living their lives, going to work, enjoying (or not enjoying) their kids. They are facing (or avoiding) their problems. They are enjoying the sunshine (today in Portland!) or whatever the weather is where they live.

It’s just another day, but every normal day also carries the possibility of being a special day. Could today be the day we are our best selves? Today will our gifts make a difference for someone else? Will we have an experience of God’s presence today?

It’s a normal day, but it could be a precious day. The difference is presence. 

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