Leading in Hope
by Rubel Shelly — May 11th, 2012
The late Bill Love used to tell the story of a psychiatrist, engineer, and doctor who got lost in the Canadian woods. Stumbling on a trapper's cabin but getting ... (
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by Phil Ware — May 6th, 2012
"It" was talked about more than baptism or communion in the New Testament. "It" was practiced widely in the early churches in widely varying ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — May 4th, 2012
Carmen de Gasztold has written this "Prayer of the Little Ducks": Dear God, Give us a flood of water. Let it rain tomorrow and always Give us plenty of ... (
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Older Articles from 'Leading in Hope'
by Rubel Shelly — Apr 27th, 2012
Most middle-class Americans tend to worship their work, to work at their play, and to play at their worship. As a result, their ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Apr 13th, 2012
God must have a sense of humor. Did you ever see a giraffe, anteater, or duck-billed platypus? And what about the zebra? Did you ever ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Mar 30th, 2012
All 22 of us were standing in the shop and listening to our guide explain the unique nature of the porcelain works we were ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Mar 16th, 2012
A pervasive and dominant spirit of contemporary culture is its ability to tolerate practically everything that was once deemed intolerable ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Mar 6th, 2012
Lots of people have trouble understanding why Josh Hamilton called a press conference several weeks ago on a Friday. They wondered why ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Mar 1st, 2012
There are times and places where the mixing of old and new works well. It is quite creative, for example, to search for old pieces of furniture ... (
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by Larry Davies — Feb 3rd, 2012
Many of you have been or will be evaluated by someone. You feel anxious. You work to prepare a report that accurately reflects what you ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jan 31st, 2012
What we have come to call the church-state issue is highly complex. On the one hand, Peter could affirm the authority of the Roman government ... (
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by Tom Norvell — Jan 24th, 2012
Father, give me wisdom as I begin this new day. Help me to use my time, the time You have allotted me, wisely, not wastefully ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jan 20th, 2012
To borrow a sports metaphor, poor Tim Tebow just can't win. I'm not talking about football games, mind you. Tebow had a great winning career ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jan 3rd, 2012
What are your feelings about New Year's Resolutions? For that matter, what is your feeling about the concept of a "New Year"? The New Year celebration ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Dec 23rd, 2011
There is a wonderful line from the American scholar Stephen L. Carter that is appropriate to the Christmas season: "Religion is, at its heart, a way of ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Dec 16th, 2011
There are many things you are discovering as you grow up. One of them has to do with all the fantasies we adults have invented for your entertainment ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Dec 13th, 2011
I hope I'm not being overly sensitive. But I think window designers, greeting card companies, and media have fallen victim to what I hope is the ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Dec 2nd, 2011
I operate from daily to-do lists. Do you? Making out my list not only helps me remember the things ahead but to prioritize them. Deadlines are ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Nov 18th, 2011
I am convinced most people want to do some great thing with their lives. But they are under the illusion that the doing of authentically great things is ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Nov 11th, 2011
Money isn't evil. It is, in fact, necessary in our world. It is the planet's medium of exchange. It is how we assign value to objects ranging from cheese to autos ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Nov 4th, 2011
A typical Monday-morning question in some circles goes like this: Were you in church yesterday? How was church? Who'd you see at ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Oct 28th, 2011
There are still places in the world where race, caste, or gender puts a person in jeopardy from the moment of birth. The problem is so acute in some parts ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Oct 17th, 2011
From Eden forward, Satan has been telling two vicious lies about God. First, he spreads the awful falsehood that God sets boundaries because ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Oct 7th, 2011
I don't know Josh Ripley, but I love that kid! Let me tell you why. Sixteen-year-old Josh is a junior at Andover (Minnesota) High School. He was ... (
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by Ron Rose — Sep 27th, 2011
For generations we have found it convenient, even reassuring, to make a distinction between the sacred and the secular. For many, the church ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Sep 26th, 2011
Making and keeping promises is one of the things that distinguishes humans from animals. It is also what separates good people from ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Sep 13th, 2011
Name a virtue that you admire in others and want to cultivate in yourself. So what word came to mind? Courage would have been a good answer, for ... (
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by Tom Norvell — Sep 5th, 2011
Steve Jobs resigned recently after 14 years as Apple's CEO. Jobs literally changed the world of computers, technology, and communication by ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Aug 30th, 2011
It's not part of the Genesis account, but I understand from at least one (questionable!) source that Adam's words to Eve as they left Eden ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Aug 15th, 2011
Some people waste a lot of perfectly good energy wishing they could do things they can't. They hear someone play the piano and say longingly ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Aug 2nd, 2011
All the talking heads are jabbering about the fact that the United States of America is now over $14 trillion in debt. The USA is over its head in ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jul 5th, 2011
There are countless situations in the Four Gospels that amaze me. People sat in synagogue with Jesus, ate food he created by the baskets full ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jun 28th, 2011
It was an ethics class I was teaching several years ago. I read a newspaper story to the class about two pre-teen girls who returned a purse they found on ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jun 21st, 2011
It's among the very simplest of childhood prayers. Maybe you taught your children to say it at the dinner... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jun 14th, 2011
One of the great strengths of the Christian faith has been its ability to endure, accommodate, and use the cultural shifts across the centuries ... (
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by Phil Ware — Jun 13th, 2011
Years ago, Dr. James Dobson told a story about his wife, Shirley, leaving their two year old son, Ryan, with him for the morning. Like most two ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Jun 7th, 2011
A
CNN blog by John Blake ("Actually, that's not in the Bible," June 5, 2011.) jumped out at me and got me to thinking along these ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — May 30th, 2011
Most of us who heard of Pastor Harold Camping's prediction of "the rapture" for last Saturday, May 21, 2011, just rolled our eyes. Or laughed. Or felt queasy ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — May 23rd, 2011
Once in a great while these days, you hear about or see from a distance a man or woman who gives you hope for the human race. Maybe we're not all ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — May 16th, 2011
The Bible is
not a safe book. Even if you begin reading it for the sake of the children's version of ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — May 9th, 2011
All of us know the term "peer pressure." It's what our mothers used to counter when their daughters wanted to dress like street-walkers or their ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Apr 26th, 2011
i>Time magazine's current issue carries a cover story about hell. A hot-selling book by Rob Bell seems to have precipitated it. Preachers are ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Apr 18th, 2011
It has been over a month now since a powerful magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan. The confirmed death toll is over ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Apr 11th, 2011
One of the things you have probably noticed too is that small-minded people are jumpy, insecure, and unsure of themselves. Thus they get ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Mar 20th, 2011
All of us have heard the grim news. A 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan last Friday. The massive temblor ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Mar 14th, 2011
For the sake of argument, let me assume that you have a career path. It may have been challenged of late, and you may be functioning ... (
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by Tom Norvell — Mar 8th, 2011
"Lord, I am tired and worn out and burned out because there is simply too much and too many and too little!"... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Feb 28th, 2011
Memories of Ronald Reagan were revived recently in connection with the one hundredth anniversary of his birth. Whether the former ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Feb 21st, 2011
The two words don't often get put together --
romance and
faith. I think we tend to hear the word romance of relationships in ... (
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by Rubel Shelly — Feb 15th, 2011
I'm not a fan of lotteries. They tend to victimize some of the most vulnerable people with false promises of ... (
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