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I don’t know what Regina Spektor has in mind when she closes her song “we’re all laughing with God.”  But if I were closing my song with those words, here’s what I’d mean: Is humor a product of creation or of the fall?  Does it come from Genesis 1 or Genesis 3?  Does it originate in God or with Lucifer?  If the latter, then no Christ-follower should ever laugh (I know a few people… Read More

This is how some people interpret the Bible.  Read More

The tomb is empty!  This should never, never, never lead to boring, business-as-usual, ho-hum church (not even in the name of "reverence")!  Read More

Guys, we are to love our wives and give ourselves for them.  But what does that look like?  What shape does it take?  This video will help:  Read More

Or laughing with God?  A couple of months ago one of my lovely daughters-in-law suggested that I might like this song; and I do.  Now I've come across this video of Regina Spektor singing it.  Enjoy.  The lyrics are found below. No one laughs at… Read More

Anybody in leadership will be criticized (Well duh – that’s like saying “the Pope’s Catholic”).  When the criticism bears some resemblance to the truth, that’s good - the leader gets to respond by growing.  The critic has unwittingly been a friend.  But often the criticism is a figment of somebody’s fertile (or even malicious) imagination.  What happens then?  I absolutely love how… Read More

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The new Switchfoot album dropped today.  Just thought you might want to know.  Read More

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This book has appeared on my radar from time to time, but for various reasons I’ve never blessed Amazon with my order.  But one of the guys at Soma school (Caesar K) so highly recommended it (he said “you need to get it yesterday”) that I took the plunge.  And wow, what a plunge.  I already follow Alan Hirsch – one of the authors - on Twitter, so I’m pretty familiar with him (he’s a South African Jew, now loving Jesus and living in… Read More