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How my laptop became a laptop

Ever since my operation, I’ve been using my laptop on my lap. It sounds redundant but it’s not, because most people use their laptop computers on a table or a desk. I did. I was either in my office working … Continue reading

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One

There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in … Continue reading

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The universal benefit of needing someone

The Catch is a community, and in that sense, it is like the body of Christ, because the body of Christ is a community too. A community is a group of people sharing something in common and interdependent on one … Continue reading

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So much more than the Catch

The Catch is so much more than the Catch, and as we prepare for our May MemberPartnership campaign, its only fitting to briefly review what some of those things are that make us more.

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All for one and One for all!

Though it showed up a couple hundred years earlier during the religious persecutions of seventeenth-century Europe, “All for one and one for all” had its modern origin in the nineteenth-century novel The Three Musketeers by French author Alexandre Dumas. “Un … Continue reading

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Finding the pathway to strength

In one of our family therapy sessions with Chandler, the therapist came up with the perfect picture for each one of us. She had me isolated and alone in a corner, Chandler standing up on a desk calmly telling everybody … Continue reading

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What Jesus wants from us

It’s been truly telling to watch this discussion develop over what makes a vital Christian today. Going back to the first century is one way to think about a Christianity that had no reputation to follow — no preconceived notions … Continue reading

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These last two Catches have inspired some of you to think about being first century Christians. It’s really all about living fresh every day with your faith. But it’s important for you to realize this is not hard. It’s not … Continue reading

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I can’t get this out of my head. I love this first century Christian thinking (see yesterday’s Catch) because it solves so many problems, and it ignites so many new fires. It’s almost like getting a new lease on life. … Continue reading

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First century Christians in 2016

What would it be like to be first century Christians as if there were no early church, no Vatican, no Holy Wars, no Crusades, no Reformation, no revival meetings, no Sunday School, no denominations, no Christian subculture, no culture wars … Continue reading

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