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In our culture, we want things now. We don’t like to wait. We will actually pay five to ten times as much to get it tomorrow rather than waiting seven to ten working days for standard delivery. Today’s kids probably do not even know what an encyclopedia is—not when you can google everything in the world and have an answer in thirty seconds. When we are done shopping at the big box store, we spend three minutes scanning all the open lanes to see which has the fewest customers with the fewest purchases, just so we can save three minutes...Read more …

This is Walk the Way, brought to you by Q Place. I’m Jeff Klein. And I’m Pam Klein. Author Bill Mowry writes, “Everyone has a God theme woven into their lives.” The problem is, most people don’t recognize it and few have anyone to help them discover how God’s at work. But should believers just enter someone else’s life and start spewing about God? Or is there sometimes another way to begin: by simply, intentionally loving and walking alongside? In order to earn the right to help someone discover and see how their God-theme is active in their life, we...Read more …

I used to work with a guy who always announced with pride that he never used all his vacation days. I kept my thoughts to myself. I take all my vacation days. Every last one. I consider them a necessary gift that re-charges my batteries and restores my soul. When God created the world, He built rest into the natural order of things. Evening. Sabbath. Seasons. Festivals. Jubilee. In order for us to be everything we’re intended to be, God knew we’d need regularly scheduled times of rest. In fact, He commanded it. So how did it ever become a...Read more …

In The Tangible Kingdom and Sacrilege, I spent quite a bit of time discussing how a disciple of Jesus must learn to live like He did, not just know things about His life. Our apprenticeship after Him will push us toward a concept I call “whimsical holiness.” First, let me give a basic definition: Whimsical holiness is the ability to hold to personal values of Christ-likeness while being deeply integrated in relationship with people who do not hold your same convictions. I didn’t pull this concept out of thin air. It came after a lengthy walk through the Gospels noting...Read more …