Smart magazine…but what is “relevant”, really?

I really like this magazine and was a subscriber for awhile:
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/
I appreciate all of the issues touched on in this mag: society, politics, music, culture, sex, relationships. They are vital to the twenty- and thirty-something Christian conversation.
But I am challenged by the question of “relevant” Christianity. To me, Christianity is relevant simply because of what it [...]

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Jesus: so much more than a well-studied observant Jew

My husband had some very difficult conversations with an old friend recently. The friend is a fairly recent convert from the Mormon faith to the Jewish faith. It has been very hard for my husband to accept that a close, dear friend and someone who he used to pray and go to church with would [...]

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In the press: “Harshest Words Saved for Britney’s Body”

Ugh. I am so incredibly disturbed by this. How many headlines in the national press can be devoted each day to the undeserved, irrational, misdirected criticism of Britney Spears’ body?
This is a young woman who has given birth to two children in a short span of time. She is one female entertainer out of many who [...]

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Notes from the Patriarchs: Who the heck is Melchizedek?

Ah…this is the kind of day in Nebraska I love. Brilliant blue skies with puffy white clouds, a cool 66 degrees, slightly breezy. Blogging while sitting on my porch in one of the two new cedar Adirondack chairs my husband put together yesterday. Nice. I want to blog more often, but I swear that time [...]

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Bless the Lord, O My Soul Part II

Thinking more about my last post…
I think for most Christians it is much easier to praise the Lord, and generally to feel more worshipful, when we feel like God is actively forgiving, healing, redeeming, crowning, and satisfying his creation as the psalmist describes in Psalm 103.
But what about the other times? What about the [...]

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Bless the Lord, O My Soul

I love how God uses His word to tell us about Himself. Sometimes when I am reading the Psalms in particular I am struck with the words God uses to reveal His nature. While at a coffee shop today I was led to read Psalm 103, and I especially love the verbs in verses 1-5.
“Bless [...]

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