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Rashional Thoughts

Rashional Thoughts: Your life matters — are you fully leaving your mark?

September 9, 2023

It’s a great time to double check the list of goals we set for the year and see which ones might need some extra attention.

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Rashional Thoughts: Consistent, community ministry harder than serving in a crisis

August 30, 2023

Is it possible the Church as a whole struggles (outside of a crisis) to genuinely, thoroughly and consistently show up for the various communities needing consistent care across the nation and around the world?

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Rashional Thoughts: Taking time to refresh our backpack of daily responsibilities

August 12, 2023

Reset, refocus, reboot — no matter what you call it, the start of a new school year provides the perfect time for all of us to regroup.

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Rashional Thoughts: Process matters when making wide-ranging decisions

August 1, 2023

Ever wonder how the guitarist and drummer know how to play their parts alongside the pianist as you sing along on Sunday mornings? How about

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Rashional Thoughts: Resist temptation to devour each other in need for a win

July 1, 2023

It’s possibly more common than we realize — exaggerating the truth and demonizing the opposition to give our side an edge. Creating a strawman scenario,

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Gage takes SBC stage as chief parliamentarian after long run by McCarty

June 15, 2023

Covering SBC annual meetings in person for more than 25 years now, one thing I’ve always noticed is the person attentively and consistently standing near

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First Person: ‘Reorganized religion’ requires redemptive response

June 3, 2023

“Why don’t people go to church? Because they’re dead.” That unsettling quote, shared by author Bob Smietana during a keynote session of the recent Baptist

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Rashional Thoughts: Could a positive national pastime be the answer we need?

May 20, 2023

My friend Wendy loves Major League Baseball, and I’m talking the full extent of support. She can watch hours and hours of games on TV

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Rashional Thoughts: How can we better equip national entity trustees for service?

May 4, 2023

Do you ever think about what you would want to happen in the flow of a contentious business meeting in which you were the chair?

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Rashional Thoughts: Relying on Christ’s strength in us the answer to difficult days

April 26, 2023

The cellphone rang one too many times. But it won’t happen again, at least not from that phone. It didn’t go down easy, but my

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