Steven Mitchell
Jesus-follower, husband, father, grandfather, pastor, creative director, and brand strategist. In that order. Let's go further up and farther in, because "The inside is larger than the outside."
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“Feed Me, Pastor!” (opens the original)
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Little Shop of Horrors’ spicy critique of the American Dream should cause contemporary pastors in developed societies to pause and reflect.The plot revolves around a trio of relationships. First is Seymour Krelborn (pictured below right), a naive and insecure clerk working in a failing flower shop. Audrey is Seymour’s vulnerable coworker and his secret crush. Rounding out the principals is a strangely loquacious and carnivorous plant named Audrey II.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" h
The Death of Place (opens the original)
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For all their potential to give us what we think we want, modern phones now rob us of something we were meant to have. They steal geography. They eat the earth in great gulps, whispering through their gluttony, “No matter. We can bring anything you want, straight to you, wherever you are.”Immense wealth and power have collected around this promise, raising tech titans from obscurity to the heights of a modern Olympus. Ever-advancing technology promises even greater wonders: entire companies with
I’m Different, and So Are You (opens the original)
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Yesterday, as I studied Revelation 2-3 in preparation to teach, 2:17 stopped me cold:“…To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.”It slid into my heart like a key opening a locked place. I almost always feel different, but not in a great way. It’s like everyone else has something or knows something that’s
Hubris! (opens the original)
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The New York Times recently ran a piece on dark matter. It discusses a paper published by the LZ Dark Matter Experiment, where scientists reported results that might indicate the existence of this fabled stuff we call Dark Matter. The article carefully points out that the paper isn’t getting out over its skis, and only reports the behavior of subatomic particles that existing models cannot explain.Subscribe now<
Free to Imagine (opens the original)
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I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.Psalm 77:11-12On a recent Sunday in August at St. Aldates Church, Oxford, teaching pastor spoke on Psalm 77 during a talk entitle
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