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The Infinity of Now

The Infinity of Now
Discipleship as a Three-Legged Stool, Week 10
by
Andrea Lingle

There is power in a circle.

There is tension in a circle: an infinite number of points presses out from a central point of unity. There is balance in a circle: each of the infinite points is equally distant from the center of the circle.

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Windblown

Windblown
Discipleship as a Three-Legged Stool, Week 6
by
Andrea Lingle

There is a churchyard in central North Carolina, roughly an hour east of Charlotte, where, in early spring, the lawn is sewn entirely in dandelions. I don’t know if these dandelions were cultivated intentionally, but one of my greatest regrets is that I never stopped my car, just for one minute, to run through the seed heads.

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Pierced

Pierced
Discipleship as a Three-Legged Stool, Week 5
by
Andrea Lingle

It was a large stone; about the size of a slightly flattened egg. There were a dozen pits covering its surface. I scooped it off the shore and held it up to the sunlight, squeezing one eye shut to focus on each hole. I sighed. Not one hole went clear through. It needed more time. I hurled it back in the water.

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Love is God's Meaning

Love is God's Meaning
Discipleship as a Three-Legged Stool, Week 3
by
Adam White

I was frozen and numb. I had just realized my mother stopped breathing in hospice care at Arlington Memorial Hospital. She had breathed her last breath without any pain, which was a blessing considering the past eight years of her life had been a slow mental and physical deterioration due to dementia.

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Why Your Jesus is Everyone's Jesus

Why Your Jesus is Everyone's Jesus
Discipleship as a Three-Legged Stool,
Week 2
by
Adam White

f only the New Testament could be prefaced by:

*pastes in bible* This message is not just for you. This message is not just for your particular culture, ethnicity, race, or any other dividing line that keeps you from being in a relationship with other people; especially people who are different from you.

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Balancing Our Faith

Balancing our Faith
Discipleship as a Three-Legged Stool, Week 1
by
Adam White

When I was thirteen, I had to create a bridge out of balsa wood for a science class and test how much weight it could hold. As my dad and I were making the bridge I kept thinking how flimsy and weak the wood was. Thankfully, my dad is a structural engineer. Once we were done, the bridge held over 25 pounds! Our faith is similar to a well-built bridge: it requires careful precision and thoughtful detail.

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