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Monthly Archives: December 2008

A Resolution That Keeps You

I have never been very big on making New year’s resolutions.  Most people make them out of guilt and then can’t keep them anyway.  I resolved not to increase my guilt.  At least, I’ve tried.

The driving force behind the desire to make a resolution is the work of the Spirit of God.  You want to [...]

The Promise of Newness

Walter Brueggemann writes in The Prophetic imagination, “It is the task of pophetic imagination and minsitry  to engage the promise of newness that is at work in our history with God(p.62).”  That quote carries part of the foundation of discipleship.  Being a disciples of Jesus is to be continually equipped for what He will do.  [...]