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El Jefe Mexican Restaurant & Grill OPINION — What was your favorite age to be? When you’re young, you want to be older; when you’re older, you want to be younger.Well, I’m 61, and I’m happy to be my age; I have no desire to be any other age. However, I’m not fond...

Dear Kid OPINION — Dear Kid,Don’t grow up. Don’t turn into an adult. That’s my advice. Resist adulthood. Be a kid forever.Right now, a lot of adults are angry in America. To be fair, we have a lot to be angry about. But adults can behave badly when they are angry. So...

From groaning to glory, part one OPINION — Romans 8:18-25 is one of the lesser-known passages in Paul’s letter to the disciples at Rome. But lesser-known doesn’t mean lesser value and we’ll see he had some profound things to say in this passage. Let’s begin with some...

Facing the unpredictable OPINION —When I was 40, Bruce Larson was one of my favorite authors. His book, The Emerging Church, affirmed for me the necessity of small groups for growing churches. In Dare to Live Now,he challenged lukewarm Christians to embrace God’s...