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The Madness of the Unforgiving Crowds

By: Stephen McAlpine

Our culture has a problem with forgiveness.  We live in a post-forgiveness world.  And it’s going to get brutal and cold if the trend continues.  And it is trending.  That’s the precise word for it, because all of the tools are available to unforgiveness to ensure it does.

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Kath Sees Our Christian Community, And She Wants Some

By: Stephen McAlpine

I got home from church last night and my neighbour diagonally opposite, Kath, was out in her garden.  It was a mild evening, sun not fully set, so I wandered over for a chat.

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Hey Christian: It’s Not OK To Say “OK Boomer”

By: Stephen McAlpine

Speaking as a cynical, grumpy ex-Gothic X-Generation boy who all the other generations despise, let me say this: If you’re a Christian, it’s not OK to say “OK Boomer”

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Better Than Access to the Gold Lounge

By: Stephen McAlpine

I now have access to the coveted Gold Lounge. I’m sitting here in the Gold Lounge at the Auckland airport, heading home from a conference, and it’s all hors d’oeuvres, funky drinks, comfy chairs, free everything, and peacefully quiet.  Far from the madding airport crowd.

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Burnout: You Don’t Think the Elastic Band Will Break – Until It Does

By: Stephen McAlpine

I was just finishing a sermon when it all came crashing down.  Not my sermon.  Me.  I came crashing down.

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The Good Place Ain’t So Great

By: Stephen McAlpine

I’m a late adopter of TV series.  I’m the bloke who dismisses it with a shrug, only to binge watch it later and talk about it as if he were an expert on all things that show.

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Marriage: 26 Years and One Day Later

By: Stephen McAlpine

Today I am fifty two years and two days old.

Today it is twenty six years and one day since Jill and I went on our first date.  That was one day after my twenty six birthday.

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Hey ABC: Church Dads Have Been “Woke” For Years

By: Stephen McAlpine

So Aussie dads are getting “woke”. Well, according to an article on the ABC website, they are.

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