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I had seen these ads prior to the Super Bowl and I had heard the hype. I went and checked out their website. In and of themselves, the ads are okay. Black and white photo montage with a few video clips. Voiceovers with a story about Jesus set into a modern context. On a basic
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Having lived in the Midwest for the past decade, I have come across what I have heard termed “Kansas nice.” I have also heard it connected with other states in the Midwest. What the term means is that we don’t want to hurt people’s feelings and instead of being opening confrontational, Kansas nice is more
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I was in a workshop that was about improv and one of my nephews is quite amazing at improv so my interest in the topic continues to grow. One of the primary tools that we talked about in the workshop and one that my nephew did with a Sunday school class he led for me
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Living in Kansas City the hype this week is infectious. In my time living in the area there have been 2 World Series runs (win one victory) and this is the third Super Bowl run. The whole town goes crazy for its team whether folks have cheered for them through the season or not. It
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At the conference I attended in January, they were using some speech to text application to do closed captioning in the ballroom. What appeared on the screen particularly while the group was singing reminded me of the outcomes of the telephone game. The first person whispers something to the person next to them and it
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My kids ask hard questions. All kids do. My kids are double Pastor Kids as both my wife and I are pastors. So it is not uncommon to get faith questions at random times. As we drive home from school one day I got “Did God make roads?” So we talked about how God made
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I spent last week in Birmingham at a conference (APCE is awesome). One of the experiences I had was touring the 16th Street Baptist Church where 60 years ago this September, 4 young girls died when dynamite planted under a staircase exploded. This happened 5 days after the schools were integrated on paper. That same
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In the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 14 after the feeding of the 5000, the disciples get into the boat and head back across the water while Jesus dismisses the crowds. The boat is struggling against the waves and Jesus walks across the water toward the boat. The disciples see Jesus walking on the water and
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Mark Twain is quoted with “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” Sometimes the quote is changed a bit to say if you eat the frog first
Faith in the Cracks - Allowing God to seep into the cracks in our lives. 
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