Message: I was in DC last week and had dinner with my son-in-law’s brother, Rob. Rob’s work involves overseeing US involvement in Syria…he has had a variety of…
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Sin, Salvation and the Transformation of Toil This year: A single word expresses our goal: Confidence…we have a trustworthy source of knowledge, the Bible, regarding how we are to…
Interview Kara Gibson 1.How difficult to find work life balance 2.What has helped What life transitions have impacted balance 4.What struggles or questions remain INTRO: Jim Bosch: “I wish I…
This Month question of evil and suffering: Personal stories not merely intellectual question Linda: Good father, I just trust him Joy: I don’t understand it all, I do trust him…
4.14.18 Suffering & Evil and Good JOY: Talk about your story growing up. Suffering as a result of people who should be protecting you. How did God help you…
INTRO I heard one of Siri’s developers interviewed recently and he said that the number one question that Siri is asked is? What do you think? “Do you love me?”…
3.24.19 Revelation O.INTRO Victor Frankl’s book “Man’s Search for Meaning” is not the musings of an academic sitting in a pub drinking a beer and speculating on suffering and life’s…
Summer of Love The Summer of 1967 was the largest migration of young people in American history…they came from all over the country to the Haight Asbury district of San…
3.10.19 Gospels/Acts O. INTRO: Adolescence is often marked by a phenomenon that researchers have termed…”Imaginary audience.” So a 13-year-old boy doesn’t want to go to school because he is convinced…
INTRO: Everyone has a set of mental wall pegs or hooks, like you would hang clothing on but these are pegs for hanging life experiences on. The mental pegs are…
There is a saying…”Whoever frames the argument wins the argument.” It’s not universally true…but the idea is that if you get to define the terms and set the boundaries…you are…
INTRO Opioid Crisis: How we got it wrong again. *Two weeks ago I heard three national experts speak on the opioid crisis in America…it was in the context of suicides…