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Colossians 3:12-17  "Put on then, as God's beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual...

A question that challenged me several months ago is this. Why do we as Christians often live and wade in the shallow waters of life? It's comfortable and easy and familiar. There's no storms to endure, no major challenges to overcome. Here we pursue unfulfilling things like money or pleasure or comforts or even good things like love, fun activities, our children, our spouses, hobbies, interests, even work. "The shallows", as I will call them, may provide busyness and perhaps even a distraction from the most important and central issues of life that we often want to escape from. They...

Alright, I'll admit it. We Christians are usually guilty of being on two extremes. On one hand we're super serious kill joys, sucking the enthusiasm and life out of the people around us. Ever met one of us? You'll recognize us by the sour pout on our face, the scowlish attitude that reminds you of Ebeneezer Scrooge. The room seems to darken when we enter and our critical attitude about everything creates a hushed silence out of fear that somehow something said or done will be verbally attacked with Bible references. People just want dish us a punch right in the face. On the other...