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What working at McDonalds can teach you about God
I know I shouldn’t start with a negative, but I’m going to do it anyway: Don’t retaliate or take revenge. That’s God’s job, not yours. Let me explain. The summer after grade nine I worked as a cashier at McDonalds. I was glad to get a job. But I was… Listen ⇢
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Missed (or skipped?) opportunities
Ephesians 5:15-16 “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity…” (NIV) Today’s Thought Every single day opportunities come our way. They are often disguised as hum-drum conversations, daily routines, or things people tell you. A lot of these daily details… Listen ⇢
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What Lent can mean to you
Today is Ash Wednesday. It starts the 40-day journey to Easter (excluding Sundays) that we call Lent. Lent is a time of preparation. I like to think of it as spiritual training. It’s just so easy to let laziness creep into our faith. So we use Lent to hone our… Listen ⇢
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Loving people you just don’t like
Some people put their foot in their mouth… but seem to enjoy the taste. Some people rub you the wrong way… but act like it’s the right way. Some people know how to push your buttons… and you detest that they can have so much negative impact on you! It’s true:… Listen ⇢
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You’re porous
Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?” (NIV) Today’s Thought When I was young I remember learning about “porous” materials. Things that are porous have tiny holes or spaces so that liquid or air can… Listen ⇢
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When do we want it? Now!
Psalm 118:24 “This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (ESV) Today’s Thought Have you ever been to a public protest? If so, you’ve probably heard some chanting. Usually the leader is equipped with a bullhorn and yells out, “What do… Listen ⇢
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Moral Therapeutic Deism?
John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God” (ESV) Today’s Thought In the book Soul Searching, we learn about research done with 3000 young people. What they found was that many shared these basic beliefs about God: • God wants us to… Listen ⇢
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Tweets, Selfies and other things that change
Imagine you were alive 10 years ago and got a glimpse of today’s news headlines. With new words like Tweet and Selfie, would some of them even make any sense? Probably not. Things change. Now image that today you could see some news headlines for 10 years from now. What… Listen ⇢
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Spiritual fertilizer
When you have an amazing and tasty experience at a new restaurant, what do you do? You tell someone about it. And when you beat the odds and win the hockey pool at work, what do you do? You tell someone about it. So when God shows up and does… Listen ⇢
Meet the producer, Matthew Ruttan.
Matthew is a disciple, pastor, husband, and dad of three who lives in the psalms.
