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The Antidote to ‘Us Versus Them’

by Doug Stevens How do we move from “Us versus Them,” locked in suspicion, alienation and antagonism? To “Us and Them,” still kept separate as a way to manage the incompatibility, discomfort and conflict? And finally, if we care and … Continue reading →

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Diverse Is More

by Wayne Bridegroom There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or … Continue reading →

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‘I’ or ‘Us’?

by Wayne Bridegroom Here’s the short version: it was 1997 and I was observing 6 Laotian brothers pour a 10X12 slab of cement.  It was as if the Holy Spirit hit me over the head with a 2X4 saying, “See, … Continue reading →

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Us

When will we ever be able to get on with getting along? Why have we not been able  to put up with each other’s differences? Who ever said being all the same was a virtue? The virtue is getting along … Continue reading →

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Against the Wind

Some folks hate the Whites who hate the Blacks who hate the Klan Most of us hate anything that we don’t understand – Kris Kristofferson This is a huge reality today in a time of great division and people gathering … Continue reading →

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Am I one of the few?

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the … Continue reading →

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‘Both Sides Now’

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) I need you. You need me. We mustn’t let this spirit of division get ahold of us. Mike McCausland, our Tuesday Conversation guest this week, said it’s not just in … Continue reading →

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John and his terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Ever had one of those days you wish you had just stayed in bed, or maybe gone for a drive in the country or something better than banging your head … Continue reading →

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‘Remember those in prison …’

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. Continue to … Continue reading →

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I think I’m missing something

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) What word appears 130 times in the Old Testament and15 times in the New (used mostly by Jesus) but hardly ever shows up in the language of evangelical Christians?  What … Continue reading →

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