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Taking thought for tomorrow – Lessons in making life meaningful from ants and firewood

Posted on April 23, 2014 by raincitypastor

I slept on the sofa last night in the place where I go to study and write sometimes because it was snowing.  Maybe its because I grew up where it never snowed; or because the smell of fir trees remind … Continue reading →

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2014: A Better Path by Adjusting Values: more or less

Posted on January 3, 2014 by raincitypastor

A new year is a blank piece of paper; a chance to stop and consider how to fine tune our investment in the one wild and precious life that we’ve been given.  The “unexamined life is not worth living” is … Continue reading →

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Practical Advice for Maximizing Your University Experience

Posted on October 1, 2013 by raincitypastor

School’s in, and for those of you who read this and are in college, I’d like to offer a word of welcome.  As the pastor of a church with lots of university students in it, one of my favorite Sundays … Continue reading →

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Advice to Pastors and Other Christians: leave people alone – sort of.

Posted on September 18, 2013 by raincitypastor

Cross Fit people are busy with their WOD.  Foodies are working on a new reduction sauce.  Climbers do two finger pullups in prep for their next problem.  Theater people are getting ready for opening night.  Organic gardeners are composting and … Continue reading →

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Walking Carefully: The Context changes the focus

Posted on September 3, 2013 by raincitypastor

“Be careful how you walk” is what Paul wrote to the Ephesians, and a Labor Day weekend filled with walking of every sort makes the corollary truth clear too:  Different terrain calls for different ways of walking.  This is vitally … Continue reading →

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