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The Gratitude of G.K. Chesterton

“You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the play and the opera, And grace before the concert and the pantomime, And grace before I open a book, And grace before sketching, painting, Swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing; And grace before I dip the pen in the ink.” The [...]

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Comical Interactions with Braylen

Me (taking a shower) Braylen (walks into the bathroom): “It’s just me. I’m going potty.” Me: “Cool.” Her: “No, it’s not cool!” Me: “No, I mean it’s cool. It’s not a problem.” Her: “It is not cool! I have to go really bad!” Me: “I mean it’s okay for you to be in here to [...]

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Why Reading the Bible as a Story Matters

I’ve read the Bible straight through 4 times so far this year. I should clarify: 1) it’s the children’s version and, 2) no, I’m not a weirdo. Last year when my then 3 year-old son asked for his own children’s Bible, I quickly popped one into my cart online and with the magic of Amazon [...]

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Peddler’s of God’s Word // Frederick Buechner

“All peddler’s of God’s word have that in common, I think: they tell what costs them least to tell and what will gain them most; and to tell the story of who we really are, and of the battle between light and dark, between belief and unbelief, between sin and grace that is waged within [...]

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Imposing the Ashes

This is an Ash Wednesday reflection written by pastor Kyle Lake, Mars Hill’s Kids Programming Director, about his experience imposing ashes and reminding people of their mortality. You can follow Kyle on twitter @kylemlake. It’s a strange thing we do, isn’t it? This Ash Wednesday thing. For most of our lives we spend an exorbitant [...]

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Unintentionally Funny Church Signs

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Gospel // George Hunsberger

“It is always an exercise in community, wrestling to say the gospel with a common voice, as these four authors have done. It has been their experience that their own different takes on the gospel have pushed them each to keep that faith more fully-not captivated by a current trend, nor pretending that they can [...]

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Prayers I Pray Often

Christ be with me. Christ before me. Christ behind me. Christ within me. Christ below me. Christ above me. Christ be with me. At my right hand. At my left hand. As I lie down. As I rise up. As I stumble. As I fall down. Christ as I stand. Christ in the heart of [...]

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The Insomnia Posts

Woke up at 4am again, and thought that maybe I should start writing insomnia posts. I found this just now on youtube. I don’t even have words to describe it. It’s so randomly funny. Think about this poor little kid and the tongue lashing he gets from all these St. Bernards. It’s like walking through [...]

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Living Imagination

Braylen has been in the habit of building things out of construction paper, and tonight she wanted to build a car for her princesses. So we spent about 45 minutes building a 3d race car. Drawing, cutting, taping, pasting, folding, and on and on. The more it started to look like a real car, she [...]

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