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Words From the Middle

At the intersection of Sacred and Profane

2018/05/06

Let’s talk friends

Friend. One of the most powerful and evocative words in the language. I have never encountered anyone who says they have too many friends, in this case Facebook friends do not count. We love the friends we have. We want to have friends. So what do we do with Jesus saying in John 15 where […]

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2015/05/10

What’s the opposite of servant?

I have been struck lately, as I am sure is obvious, by the limitations of our tendency toward unhelpful binary thinking. So this Sunday I just lay it out in these two sermons where I think the limitations are using John 15:9-17 as my case study. This passage of scripture has lots of really great […]

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