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By Denis, Reading the Word

By itself, speaking truth isn’t sufficient

By Denis Haack
If we imagine that speaking the truth fulfills our responsibility in a world of lies, we are mistaken. Being winsome means truth is always linked with lovingkindness.

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By Margie, Faithful in the Ordinary

Winter Fatigue

By Margie Haack
It has been a long COVID winter, but there is hope, spring is coming.

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Books Film, By guest authors

Movie Review: Mr. Jones (Agnieszka Holland, 2019)

By R. Greg Grooms
As Greg Grooms shows in a review of the movie, Mr Jones, this is not the first time in history that the accusation of “fake news” confused truth and lies.

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By Denis, Consider Creation

The birds at our table

By Denis Haack
Feeding the wild birds meets my needs as I meet theirs. And I discovered a new insight about being hospitable to them during the pandemic.

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Books Film, By Denis

Book review: Reading While Black (Esau McCaulley, 2020)

By Denis Haack
This helpful and important book on biblical interpretation by a professor of New Testament speaks directly to our cultural moment in our racially divided world.

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Books Film, By Denis

Book Review: Love Like a Conflagration: Poems by Jane Greer (2020)

By Denis Haack
In Love Like a Conflagration, poet Jane Greer provides beauty and insight into ordinary life that is life-giving. Read her poems to more deeply love the word and the Word.

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By Denis, Discerning the World

The tragic and the apocalyptic

By Denis Haack
In our politicized world we are tempted to paint dire predictions of the future if the wrong party, candidate or policy wins. Christians need to distinguish between the apocalyptic and the merely tragic.

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By Margie, Reading the Word

A Bible Reading Program for Shirkers and Slackers

By Margie Haack
Reading through the Bible in a year can be a challenge.

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By Margie, Faithful in the Ordinary

COVID Takes Them

By Margie Haack
I have a friend. Had a friend who was vivacious, most kind, welcoming you into her heart where ever she found you.

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Books Film, By guest authors

Movie Review: Faith (Eli Daughdrill; 2019)

By David John Seel
“Faith,” John Seel says, is a film about spiritual crisis for a non-faith market, written and directed by an ex-evangelical, but without any anger toward the church or personal axe to grind.

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Art Poetry Music, By guest authors

Poem: Skiing

By Sam Hamer
On the final run of the day as the sun sets, poet Sam Hamer reflects on following his son down the slope.

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Art Poetry Music, By guest authors

Poem: Guitar Practice

By Sam Hamer
Sam Hamer on not quite getting a piece of music right, and then doing so, and finding something deeper.

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By Denis, Faithful in the Ordinary

Be of Good Courage

By Denis Haack
Physical courage (rescuing someone from a fire) doesn’t always translate into moral courage (standing for justice in the workplace). How can we learn to be courageous?

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Art Poetry Music, By Margie

New Album by Folk Singer Eliza Gilkyson: 2020

By Margie Haack
This is a perfect album for a year of difficulty and strife, and yet contains the comfort and beauty of music with fitting lyrics.

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By Margie, The Table

A Recipe: Irish Soda Bread

By Margie Haack
One of the ways to bring comfort and pleasure to others is what I can do in the kitchen.

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Books Film, By Denis

Book review: A Sense of Wonder (Brian Doyle, 2016)

By Denis Haack
Beautifully crafted prose, full of insight and deeply human this slender volume of short essays touches on the big questions of life and meaning. It begs to be read aloud to friends and discussed.

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By Denis, Faithful in the Ordinary

When the ordinary overwhelms

By Denis Haack
“I believe that very small and local acts,” Killer Mike says, “are the foundation of effective activism.”

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Books Film, By Denis

Book review: To Think Christianly (Charles Cotherman, 2020)

By Denis Haack
The subtitle of Charles Cotherman’s superb historical study summarizes the story he tells: A History of L’Abri, Regent College, and the Christian Study Center Movement. It’s a story well worth telling.

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Art Poetry Music, By guest authors

Poem: Guitars

By Sam Hamer
Right-handed poet Sam Hamer imagines playing his brother-in-law’s guitar, but can’t because he’s left-handed, but they can make music together.

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