Tag: heart
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Jesus, the Counter-Culture Rebel with a Cause
Sometimes Jesus’ words shock me because they are so offensive to my own culture. Jesus has a lot to say to us today. His words still indict and call us to a new, counter-cultural way of living. These statements are a powerful reminder that Jesus, fully God and fully man, could have easily conquered the world.…
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The Apostles Stayed in the Neighborhood
Did you know that The Way wasn’t the only Jewish cult in Jerusalem in the first century? Visit a Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit and you’ll learn all about the strict rules and discipline of the Qumran community. While they didn’t have a Messiah figure, they were disciples of a teacher. Who had his own beatitudes…
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When Dreamer, When?
In the cold dark morning of my day my soul cries for new days, new songs, new delights. I wonder where the dreamers are dreaming this morning. My heart weeps in disdain for a time and place lost. It lives in my sleep; it dies in my schedule. Such a place feels real but the…
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What is NYWC all about?
I have the coolest job in youth ministry. I get to do what I love, connecting with youth workers around the world and I get paid for it! At the core of it this video demonstrates the 2 things I love most about working at YS. Tic lays out the heart of why we do…
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5 Clarifying Questions
As another week begins and another year winds down I hope that you are pausing long enough to reflect on who you have become, who you are becoming, and the trajectory/pace you are taking. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the…
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Travels With Stoney: Stuff
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