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Habakkuk: The Long Defeat

November 3, 2026

Habakkuk: The Long Defeat

But what if the arc of the moral universe bends another way? What if the world does not operate according to honesty is, in fact, the best policy?

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September 17, 2026

The Gathering 2026 Conference Highlights

The Gathering 2026 Annual Conference was held in Carlsbad, CA. The Gathering is a community of givers who seek to grow in our effectiveness as philanthropists, in the leadership of our families, and in the maturity of our Christian faith. We hope to steward wisely all the resources that God has entrusted to our care, from our donations and investments to our families and our influence. We are a sounding board of trusted peers, and we relish inviting thinkers and practitioners to help stretch our imaginations for how we might join God’s work. Here is a video that shares a little more as well. Video credit: Shorman Creative

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December 20, 2023

All One

We are fully integrated by design and should not describe someone as being motivated by reason or emotion.

December 13, 2023

The Morning After

I could not eat another bite but I needed to have his.

December 6, 2023

The Crown of Creation

This is our apprenticeship. We don’t need to spend our lives searching for meaning and purpose.

November 29, 2023

Inconvenient People

The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world….

November 22, 2023

The Child Without Thanksgiving

Dr. Townsend says, rightly, that gratitude and entitlement cannot coexist in the same brain. The entitled child is the child without Thanksgiving.

November 15, 2023

The Invisible Web

You can be independently rich but you cannot be independently wealthy because your community has a rightful claim on your life.

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