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Our Freedom Hasn’t Changed. Our Opportunity Is Growing.
I returned home from a hiking trip on Friday to learn that earlier that day, the US Supreme Court decision regarding gay marriage had been handed down. Like many, I’m saddened and concerned, though not surprised, by the decision. I do believe this decision opens the door for religious people to be targeted and important…
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If You Step Out That Door
One of my favorite moments in Avengers: Age of Ultron is when Wanda Maximoff (aka the Scarlet Witch, although you’d never know it just from watching the movie) is huddled in a traumatized, whimpering heap in the corner of a building while genocidal robots overrun her city — traumatized not because she’s a coward (she’s…
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Good, Evil, & Winning the Fight
As an author of fantasy adventure stories, I write a lot about what’s popularly termed “the battle of good and evil.” Even in secular popular culture, that phrase gets a lot of traction. We might officially deny there’s any such thing as objective good or evil, but get us telling stories and we all know…
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Your Life Is a Seed (Not a Diamond)
Once upon a time, there was a man entrusted with a great treasure. “This is the most precious thing I own,” his master told him. “I’m trusting it to you until I return. Don’t waste it.” Then the master left on a long journey (as masters in parables are wont to do.) The man gazed…
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Excelsior! (Yes, I Am a Marvel Nerd)
When I was a kid my dad had this book of Marvel origins stories–basically a bunch of #1 comic books bound together before “graphic novel” was even a term. Featuring stories by Stan Lee and those strong jaws by Jack Kirby, it included the origins of Iron Man, Thor, the Incredible Hulk, Daredevil, the X-Men,…
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Just a Few More Steps
Last week I hiked 11.5 miles on the Bruce Trail, following the white blazes through Hamilton’s Dundas Valley. It was a perfect day–clear blue skies, warm sun, cool breezes, and no bugs to speak of. My hiking buddy and I didn’t have a plan to get picked up at the end of our hike, so…
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How Far Will Love Go?
Along with other members of the 1:11 ministry team, I had the privilege of sharing at my home church for Good Friday. Below are some of the thoughts I shared and the music we used. It happened over three thousand years ago, and we’re still telling the story today. Three thousand years ago, life…
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Double-Minded
“A double-minded man,” says the book of James, “is unstable in all his ways.” He was talking about prayer. But it’s true in so many ways, isn’t it? If I get on Facebook first thing in the morning and check out news and views and people’s pics and lives, I’ll have a horrible time getting…
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Finding Love and Fighting Back
Our culture is so full of confused and harmful ideas about love that a lot of women and girls are looking for love in the wrong places. But there is a RIGHT place–a starting place for all real, authentic, life-changing love. That’s what the book I put together two years ago, with contributions from multiple…
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Free Will in the Multiverse (CSFF Day 3)
Warning: this post may give a little bit of plot away. But I’ve done my best not to make it too spoilery. In one of BRIGHT EMPIRES’ most mysterious scenes, Kit Livingstone sat inside a hut made of neolithic bones, watching an ancient man named En Ul “dream time.” What exactly En Ul was doing…