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Way Better Than Disney

Way Better Than Disney

WAY BETTER THAN DISNEY by Brian Jones My grandmother was born in 1923 and grew up during the Great Depression. She told me that during that difficult time, people wandered...

Way Better Than Disney

WAY BETTER THAN DISNEY by Brian Jones My grandmother was born in 1923 and grew up during the Great Depression. She told me that during that difficult time, people wandered...

Tonic For Tired Souls

Tonic For Tired Souls

Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts01/25/06______________________________   TONIC FOR TIRED SOULS By Brian Jones   In her poem “Pardon” Jane Kenyon writes:   A piece of burned meat wears my clothes, speaks in...

Tonic For Tired Souls

Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts01/25/06______________________________   TONIC FOR TIRED SOULS By Brian Jones   In her poem “Pardon” Jane Kenyon writes:   A piece of burned meat wears my clothes, speaks in...

Sharing Spiritual Nerve Endings

Sharing Spiritual Nerve Endings

SHARING SPIRITUAL NERVE ENDINGS by Brian Jones   In his book Courageous Leadership, Bill Hybels shares a powerful story about the way people in a healthy-functioning church rally around each other...

Sharing Spiritual Nerve Endings

SHARING SPIRITUAL NERVE ENDINGS by Brian Jones   In his book Courageous Leadership, Bill Hybels shares a powerful story about the way people in a healthy-functioning church rally around each other...

The Power of Getting Wet

The Power of Getting Wet

Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts02/01/06______________________________   THE POWER OF GETTING WET by Brian Jones     I believe one of the most counter-cultural spiritual practices a skeptical person can witness is the...

The Power of Getting Wet

Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts02/01/06______________________________   THE POWER OF GETTING WET by Brian Jones     I believe one of the most counter-cultural spiritual practices a skeptical person can witness is the...

No Perfect People Allowed

No Perfect People Allowed

Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts01/18/06______________________________   NO PERFECT PEOPLE ALLOWED by Brian Jones     A few years ago our church in Philadelphia went through our first crisis: French-kissing homosexuals in the...

No Perfect People Allowed

Non-Religious Devotional Thoughts01/18/06______________________________   NO PERFECT PEOPLE ALLOWED by Brian Jones     A few years ago our church in Philadelphia went through our first crisis: French-kissing homosexuals in the...

Your Pastors Dirty Little Secret

Your Pastors Dirty Little Secret

In the past 18 years I’ve rubbed shoulders with more pastors than I can remember. I’ve talked with pastors of large churches, small churches, and every size in between. I’ve...

Your Pastors Dirty Little Secret

In the past 18 years I’ve rubbed shoulders with more pastors than I can remember. I’ve talked with pastors of large churches, small churches, and every size in between. I’ve...