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How To Be Holier Than Thou: Never Question the Founder and Establish Authoritative Distance

Posted by David
2013-12-16
in Community, Outreach, Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Formation, Unsustainable, Wednesday (Fun)
We’ve done 8 steps in the journey to becoming Holier Than Thou (see below for links). Here are the final two ways to be holier than thou out of...
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How To Be Holier Than Thou: Talk More Than Listen and Label Your Enemies

Posted by David
2013-12-9
in Community, Pastoral Ministry, Thursday (Leadership), Unsustainable
Our Pharisee coaches at the Holy Roller Pharisee Consultancy have given us 6 steps in this journey (see below for links).  Here are two more ways to be holier...
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How To Be Holier Than Thou: Be Skeptical About Miracles and Encourage a Betraying Culture

Posted by David
2013-12-2
in Book First Drafts, Community, Outreach, Pastoral Ministry, Thursday (Leadership), Tuesday (Faith), Unsustainable, Wednesday (Fun)
In part one of this series, we’ve already heard two ways to be holier than thou from our Pharisee coaches at the Holy Roller Pharisee Consultancy. But we’re just...
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How To Be Holier Than Thou: Major on the Minors and Be Perpetually Divided

Posted by David
2013-11-25
in Book First Drafts, Community, Tuesday (Faith), Unsustainable, Wednesday (Fun)
Jesus made miracles out of mudpies (John 9:1-12) and the man born blind can now see. His troubles are over, right? Nope—the marginalized man who so recently was blind...
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Assigning Culpability is Not Our Responsibility

Posted by David
2013-11-10
in Book First Drafts, Monday (Communication), Outreach, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching, Theology, Unsustainable
A man who goes blind loses what he knows, and that is precisely the loss. The man, having gone blind, remembers what the look of the sunset, a Father’s...
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Our Best Letter of Recommendation is our Kids #BeingDad

Posted by David
2013-11-3
in Being Dad, Friday (Family)
In my early teen years my dad handed me a letter saying: “You don’t need to read it now, but this letter is important.” The many pages of the...
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Are You Proud of Your Kids? VIDEO of a Dad Taking Pride in His Son

Posted by David
2013-10-23
in Being Dad, Friday (Family)
Aria Shahrokhshahi, an academically struggling teenager in Nottingham, England, had been failing math–something his father Farnoosh knew could ruin his future. According to Aria, you need to pass math “to basically...
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The PG-13 List – How Should I Influence My Teenager’s Entertainment?

Posted by David
2013-10-15
in Being Dad, Friday (Family)
My oldest child turned 13 years old this summer. He and I have an agreement: now that he’s 13 I’m not allowed to post pictures of him or mention...
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Affirming Your Wife #BeingDad

Posted by David
2013-09-25
in Being Dad, Book First Drafts, Friday (Family)
Millions have viewed the “hitting the jackpot” video. If you haven’t yet, you can find it below (I apologize for a bit of language in the middle there, but...
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What do Americans do 1.65 times a day?

Posted by David
2013-09-6
in Book First Drafts, Pastoral Ministry, Spiritual Formation, Theology, Thursday (Leadership), Unsustainable
I asked this question on Facebook: So many people had great guesses. Including: praying, sneezing, & yawning. It was agreed that 1.65 is too high a number for the...
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God helps those who help them… selves? #IWasAStranger Series

Posted by David
2013-04-10
in Book First Drafts, Community, Outreach, SoulSource, Tuesday (Faith)
The temple? Destroyed. Jerusalem? Burned. The people were carted off captive, “scattered… with a whirlwind among all the nations” (Zech 7v14). They returned years later with a lingering, bitter...
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