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2018-03-06T19:14:52+00:00

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Why Do Christians Tell Crappy Stories?

Last updated on: March 6, 2018 at 7:14 pm By Sarah Thebarge

This morning I followed my usual writing routine. I woke up, made coffee, turned on the Spotify station I listen to when I write, and started typing. And then, somehow, a Christian song got into the mix and it was so bad, it startled me out of my writing trance. The music wasn’t great, but the lyrics were even worse. In the first verse, a woman is despondent and on the verge of suicide. In the second verse, a man... Read more

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2018-02-09T16:46:33+00:00

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house of mercy

Last updated on: February 9, 2018 at 4:46 pm By Sarah Thebarge

Bethesda means both "House of Mercy" and "House of Shame." When Jesus heals the man who's waited 38 years in Bethesda to be well, he reminds us that our place of deepest shame is the place of Love's greatest mercy. Read more

2018-02-09T16:46:33+00:00

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(half) the sky is falling: why John Piper’s words should grieve men, too.

Last updated on: February 9, 2018 at 4:46 pm By Sarah Thebarge

It's not that we need to unseat the already-seated orchestra. It's just that the orchestra we have is incomplete. There are notes missing that we don't even know are missing because we haven't ever heard them. Read more

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2018-02-09T16:46:33+00:00

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here: remembering the power of physical presence on National Hugging Day

Last updated on: February 9, 2018 at 4:46 pm By Sarah Thebarge

If we look at everything Jesus left undone when he departed from the earth, then his presence hardly mattered at all. People were still sick, they still died, they were still oppressed, and they still suffered.So why did it matter that Emmanuel was here? Read more

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2018-02-09T16:46:33+00:00

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just one more time

Last updated on: February 9, 2018 at 4:46 pm By Sarah Thebarge

It's right here, right in this moment, that we have an incredibly important choice to make. This choice is going to define how we feel New Years Eve 2018, looking back at how we spent the 365 days of possibilities that we were gifted this year. We can either choose to give up, or refuse to give up. Read more

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2018-02-09T16:46:33+00:00

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reversing the question

Last updated on: February 9, 2018 at 4:46 pm By Sarah Thebarge

MLK said the difference between the priest and Levite and the Good Samaritan was that the Good Samaritan reversed the question. Instead of asking "What will happen to me if I stop to help?" he asked "What will happen to the dying man if I don't?" Read more

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love your neighbor as you love yourself

2018-02-09T16:46:33+00:00

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how to make our wounded world well

Last updated on: February 9, 2018 at 4:46 pm By Sarah Thebarge

In upstate New York today, there's a 13-year-old black, Muslim, refugee girl walking around with a broken heart who needs a kind smile, a gentle hug, a generous gesture. There are people like that in my neighborhood in San Francisco -- and your neighborhood, too. Read more

2018-02-09T16:46:34+00:00

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what’s the best step you can take today? (hint: it’s probably very, very small)

Last updated on: February 9, 2018 at 4:46 pm By Sarah Thebarge

Taking the smallest step you can think of might sound insignificant, maybe even silly. But this is how change happens. It happens with small, incremental, nearly-imperceptible steps. But the important thing is -- it happens. Read more

how to keep resolutions

2018-02-09T16:46:34+00:00

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what is your why?

Last updated on: February 9, 2018 at 4:46 pm By Sarah Thebarge

It's not enough to recognize that a certain habit or practice or accomplishment would be good to do. In order for you to find the motivation to change, you have to recognize not why it would be good for someone to do, but why it's important for you to do. Read more

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2018-02-09T16:46:34+00:00

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walking toward WELL: the difference between wishes and goals

Last updated on: February 9, 2018 at 4:46 pm By Sarah Thebarge

Having hope and being optimistic and believing for the best are great -- but they'll only take you so far. They'll take you to the edge of imagination and intention, but they won't lead to positive transformation until you choose to take action. Read more

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