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change // how much

This morning, I was praying about how I will really allow Africa to change me. Will I? How much will I change? All I could think about was this little guy carrying water. All we were to him was another group of mzungu’s and this one guy had some crazy machine that was poking out [...]

different is not negative // different is just different

I can’t remember if I’ve written this post before, it feels like I have, but I’m writing it again anyway, because I have this nagging feeling that people just don’t get this idea, but I have been saying for a while now and have had several conversations on it as of late: different is not [...]

the glorious but // note only one ‘t’

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3All of us also lived among them at [...]

Continuing the Conversation // comment

Josh Agerton commented on a post that I did yesterday about being in the world, but looking different. He basically said, “think about these two statements, they’re very different aren’t they.” So I’m wondering, what do you think of the following statements. Do they seem different to you? How do they affect you? Be in [...]

Called Out // to look different

I hear this phrase often. “You are to look different than the world.” Or, “I question those ‘believers’ who look like the world.” Or, “That church is too worldly.” And when I hear these phrases, I wonder what they really mean. I understand that Scripture over and again that we have been “called out” or [...]