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Some things we hear or say are not gossip — really

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on September 13, 2021September 14, 2021
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“The words of a gossip are like choice morsels. They go down to the inmost parts.” Proverbs 18:8 —– Having had the privilege of counseling or mentoring hundreds of pastors, I know what a sacred […]

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Driving west through the mountains is good for the soul

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on August 11, 2021August 12, 2021
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—– It happens every time I drive west in the summer, heading for the Rocky Mountains. Somewhere near the Iowa-Nebraska border, my mind shifts into neutral. It happened again 3 weeks ago. Late in the […]

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One of my favorite morning prayers

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on June 29, 2021June 29, 2021
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The Rule of Saint Benedict is a set of directions for monastic life written by Benedict of Nursia in the 6th century in Italy. Nearly every week I am drawn to pray Benedict’s morning prayer. […]

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Even one of my favorite pastors & writers, wouldn’t you just know, had very clay feet

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on June 14, 2021June 16, 2021
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Over the weekend I read the authorized biography of Eugene Peterson by Winn Collier. In A Burning in My Bones [Waterbrook, 2021], Collier paints a picture of a man who wanted to be a saint […]

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Here’s a prayer I know I can pray

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on June 13, 2021June 13, 2021
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One summer when I was in college, I worked on a paint crew that included several guys who one day aspired to be pastors. During our lunch break, we often got into theological discussions. Two guys […]

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Finding rhythms of quiet in my life

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on June 10, 2021
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My friend Kelly Skinner runs the Soul Care Urban Retreat Center in Urbana. This is an interview Kelly did with me for her podcast “Everything is Spiritual.” We talked about soul care, the rhythms of […]

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When we have to take a stand

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021
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This is Russell Moore interviewing Rachel Denhollander about sexual abuse in the church. Denhollandar was sexually abused by Olympic gymnastic physician Larry Nassar, who now is serving the rest of his life behind bars for […]

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Experiencing the pleasures of each day

  • by Don Follis
  • Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021
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Some mornings when I consider the heavens, the vast reaches of the cosmos, the incomprehensible forces at work in each moment, the numberless stories of each life, the countless ancestors – long forgotten – who […]

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