Life
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Why Do You Feel the Need to Do So Much?
A fall down the stairs, a question from a classmate, and what I am learning about…
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The First Amendment: Forty-Five Words That Keep Us Free
An essay on the importance of the First Amendment, adapted from an analysis first prepared for…
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The Antenna Myth
The Antenna Myth Why Age Gives You Perspective, Not Wisdom A retrospective on the one misunderstanding…
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We Taught a Whole Generation to Rent Their Knowledge
By Bryan Stafford I have a confession that probably should not come from a teacher. I…
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Whose Wound Is Worse?
Picture two people at a coffee shop. One of them starts to describe something that hurt.…
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The Threads I Keep Pulling
What I See Emerging as I Keep Writing A student once stopped me mid-sentence. I had…
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Life Reflection
Before I get into the reflection. Everyone has an origin story. Mine is not special; in…
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The Lesser Magistrate in God’s Other Kingdom: A Confessional Lutheran Synthesis of Resistance, the Two Kingdoms, and Christian Citizenship
The doctrine of the lesser magistrate, articulated most fully in the Magdeburg Confession of 1550, has…
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Shalom Is Justice Grown Up
What a homeless encampment, a counseling chair, and my son taught me about the kind of…
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How Do I Know Jesus Has Played a Role in My Life?
Posted June 2026, copyright 2026 “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes…
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