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Continue reading →: Pastor as CEO? Maybe, Maybe not…
By Joe LaGuardia As a pastor, I am first to admit that many in the pastoral profession desire all the perks of being a CEO in a local church–complete with salary and benefits–while refusing to be held accountable to the same standards as CEOs who work in the business world.…
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Continue reading →: Holy Week: The Greatest Story ever told
By Matt Sapp There’s great power in being able to tell a great story. For the last few weeks I’ve been listening to professional storyteller Donald Davis with some of my ministry friends. You should watch him. He’s great. He’s helped me think about the nature of story, specifically the…
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Continue reading →: Palm Sunday and the One who comes in the name of the Lord!
By Joe LaGuardia Those of you who know Bob Bala also know he can tell a great story. I’ve seen his grandchildren drop everything in order to sit with him whenever he utters the words, “I have a story to tell.” This past week at a Relay for Life banquet, Bob…
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Continue reading →: Lighter-than-air “I Love You!”
By Rev. Lee Prophitt Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. This is how we know that we live…
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Continue reading →: A Prayer from a Daughter’s Daddy
By Joe LaGuardia Lord, have mercy on me, a father of a twelve-year old daughter. She just turned twelve, as you know, and scripture says that we are not to be anxious about anything, but in everything, with gratitude, make our petitions known to you (Philippians 4:6). I am…
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Continue reading →: 7 Lessons of Lent, and the road to Easter
By Matt Sapp Many churches that use the Lectionary texts of the Christian calendar have ventured through the Gospel of Luke during Lent. At our church, Heritage Fellowship, we’ve been highlighting lessons that Jesus teaches us about God along the way. I know it can be hard to keep up…
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Continue reading →: The Meaning of True Love: Beyond the Rose
By Joe LaGuardia In the next few weeks, the season finale of The Bachelor will air without little drama. If you’ve never watched the show, I’ll fill you in on the plot: Basically, a bachelor spends two months with a few dozen women to find the love of his life. During…
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Continue reading →: Dandelion more than a pest, a delight of God’s goodness
By Orrin Morris In Psalm 65:12, the Psalmist rejoices in the beauty of the natural world God has provided. We can easily apply his words to the beauty we anticipate each year in the coming of spring. The grasslands of the desert overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness.” One…
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Continue reading →: We Want to Believe in Ghosts
By Joe LaGuardia In a rare one-season return, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully (played by David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson) are back to their old shananigans in The X Files. The show presents audiences with mysteries old (the cigarette man is back) and new (technology has caught up with the…
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Rev. Dr. Joe LaGuardia
Rev. Dr. Joe LaGuardia is a pastor, writer, and chaplain residing in Florida. He is author of three books and regular contributor to Smyth & Helwys’ Formations Series. His articles have appeared in USA Today, Baptist News Global, Christian Ethics Today, TCPalm, and Rockdale Citizen.
Baptist Spirituality explores the intersection of faith and culture incorporating biblical scholarship, culture and the arts, politics, science, and theology.
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