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Years ago, my pastor preached a message from Romans 8, which starts “Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” It took me…
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What Spider-Man Can Teach Us About Burnout in the Pursuit of Justice
By Josh OldsSpider-Man: Brand New Day slung its way into theaters a few weeks ago, grossing over two billion dollars worldwide and on pace to be one of the highest-grossing films of…
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“Roosevelt Park Rising: A memoir of the renewal of a pastor, a church, and a neighborhood”, an excerpt
Introduction: Practice Resurrection I witnessed two resurrections while working as a pastor and community leader in Roosevelt Park, a neighborhood on the southwest side of Grand Rapids, Michigan. A resurrection—bringing…
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The End of Us vs Them
Us versus them. It is one of the oldest sentences the human heart knows how to say, older than language, certainly older than scripture. Us is the circle drawn warm…