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  wednesday trendsday [google trends #9]

  creativity and art, worldviews 5 comments

  It’s time to submit your links again! Yep… I want to see all of the different perspectives on the latest Google Trends that you have! One of my favorite moments on a [wednesday trendsday] was when three of us all picked the same topic, but each had very different perspectives [...]

   
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  day of small beginnings [guest post from @justapen]

  engaged in culture, missions, worldviews 4 comments

  My wife is pregnant.  I’m told I have a grin on my face people can see a couple hundred miles away.  Now she’s not due until summer, and we’re still in the first trimester, but today is the day of small beginnings. I mean you don’t get much smaller than an embryo.  Mustard [...]

   
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  [the story of God, the story of us] chapter 6: conquest

  bible literacy, spiritual practice, worldviews 11 comments

  This is, by far, the hardest part of the story for me so far. The young girl’s question rings repeatedly in my head: How can a God of hesed love order the deaths of thousands? The old man has no answer – perhaps there is no answer. Or maybe the [...]

   
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  [the story of God, the story of us] chapter 5: community (part 2)

  bible literacy, spiritual practice, worldviews 1 comment

  Chapter 5 opens with the crowds gathering together once again at the fireside with the old man and musician getting ready to open the weeks storying time. The people gather with the expectation of a comfortable story but instead they begin to be reminded of the reason why they are [...]

   
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  how to write [a short story on justice]

  creativity and art, spiritual practice, worldviews 0 comments

  There’s been lots of activity here at BibleDude.net over the last several months looking for short stories on one topic… justice. Back in August 2009 we ran a little creative writing challenge on justice for an upcoming The Idea Camp conference on Compassion and Justice. In that challenge readers submitted [...]

   
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  what are you reflecting?

  creativity and art, worldviews 8 comments

  This image stirs up so many thoughts for me… and feelings… and questions… Where do I start? Maybe with the fact that I get cold just looking at a picture with that much snow in it. There’s no question that it’s wintertime. I live in Florida, and it’s cold here [...]

   
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  [the story of God, the story of us] chapter 4: community (part 1)

  bible literacy, spiritual practice, worldviews 21 comments

  I once wrote these words on a slip of paper and tucked them in my Bible: “Keep reading. It’s not the end of the book.” I guess I needed a reminder that despite my sufferings, the story wasn’t over. I needed to offer myself a pep-talk, a reminder that God can [...]