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Tyler Cowen of the Marginal Revolution blog brought to my attention: The email edition of the British Psychological Society's Research Digest has reached the milestone of its 150th issue....To mark the occasion, the Digest editor has invited some of the world's leading psychologists to look inwards and share, in 150 words, one nagging thing they …
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Many times our lives are aimed more at ourselves than God. Even when we are approaching spiritual growth, we tend to get caught up in ourselves and what we can gain from God. In his book The Life You've Always Wanted, John Ortberg provides a helpful grid for us in considering whether or not we …
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This past weekend, Kelly and I facilitated an Infusion at Brooklife on the topic "Discovering Spiritual Growth." It was a great time of learning together in the group. My next couple of posts will share two small pieces of what we talked about there. When we approach the topic of spiritual growth, it is critical …
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I came across an interesting interview of Rob Bell by YouthWorker Journal. It was interesting because I am not a youth worker per se, but I found a lot of Rob's points to be interesting. Rob wonders aloud about a lot of topics in the interview, including the tension between production/programs and authentic discipleship, the …
[About four years ago, I wrote this article for Relevant Magazine's online edition. Since the article is no longer available through their web-site, I thought I'd re-post it here.] Community ... community ... community. Everywhere you turn, inside and outside of the church, people are obsessed with talking about community. This is a good thing …
Matthew Erickson 