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Recovering the Politics of Lincoln

forgiveness, kindness, love your enemies /

all we need to do is think seriously, deeply, and regularly about the fact that none of us are, in any intrinsic or objective way, better than the people whose politics we loathe.

An Inexplicable Desire for More

ambition, contentment, greed, more /

“And for what? For the inexplicable desire to grasp even more.

But What Does It Really Mean?

deceit, Jesus, meaning, pluralism, real God, words /

“So, to recap, ‘whole’ does not exactly mean whole, ‘natural’ does not all ways mean natural, and ‘local’ isn’t necessarily local. 

God Is Disappointed in You

Bible, God’s love, God’s wrath, grace, mercy, salvation /

“God Is Disappointed in You” (which is the perfect title for this book). Because if I had to condense the Bible down to a single phrase, that would be it. 

Sharing Your Dark and Twisty Places

authenticity, community, confession, faults, forgiveness, sin, vulnerability /

“You have to let people discover all your dark and twisty places inside because those are the people that can show you what’s real, when you can’t see that yourself.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg. . . Be A Little Deaf

anger, conflict, persuasion /

“It helps sometimes to be a little deaf.

Michael Jay Fox Learns from the Harder Things

acceptance, adversity, God's will, trials /

“If you wish certain things in your life away, you don’t know what else you’re wishing away.

Who Was the Hero of David Copperfield’s Story?

community, end times, heaven /

“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

Giving While Living

“And to those wondering about Giving While Living: Try it, you’ll like it.

The Giving Coin

generosity, giving, stewardship /

give to help others