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Missio on Jesus and the Sabbath: Rest and Reliance

Baylee Eby | 2 min read

The weeks are busy. I feel as though I am constantly rushing through work and running to the next event. I am always looking at the clock to determine how best to squeeze in another meeting, phone call or errand. It is as though as soon as my head hits the pillow to sleep my...

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Missio on Self Reliance: Reflections on The Revenant – How Bad Do You Want It?

Ryan Burns | 4 min read

Emerging from a late screening of Alejandro Iñárritu’s recent film, The Revenant, I was struck by the indomitable power of the spirit of man. The Revenant tells the story of Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, an early-1800s fur-trader, blazing the uncharted Western Territory of the United States. In 1823, Glass was mauled by a...

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Missio on Self Reliance: Tolstoy on July 2016

Baylee Eby | 2 min read

 “Vanity! Vanity! And vanity everywhere, even on the brink of the grave, and among men ready to die for the highest convictions. Vanity!”[1] – Leo Tolstoy, “Sevastopol in May 1855” The news headlines from a recent New York Times read: “Blast Exposes Rift Between Turkey and U.S. Over ISIS,” “New West Bank Violence as Palestinian Boy...

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Missio on Self Reliance: Unless the Lord Builds the House (Psalm 127)

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 2 min read

The stress of the modern workplace is well documented.  It’s a big ocean out there, and there are lots of things that can eat you really quickly.  Downsizing, acquisitions, an ever-hastening technology cycle…anyone is suddenly vulnerable to being out of luck and out of work.  In light of that, it seems ever more essential to...

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