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C. Ryan Chandler

Grace in Conflict

How do you receive criticism with grace? I've been working in a Baptist church for the past 15 years. I began this calling at 19 years...

C. Ryan Chandler

Thoughts on the Mark Driscoll Podcast

This blog is late to the game. Nevertheless, I wanted to write something about it. I have been captivated by Christianity Today's new...

How Can I Get Others to Listen to Me?

Hands down, Scrubs is one of the greatest television shows of all time. The diversity of characters, the emotional appeal, and the music...

What Can I Expect from My Church and Pastor Right Now?

A pastor friend called me the other day deeply hurt by a situation in his church. In a recent video addressing their response to the...

Is the Virus Scaring You?

Death is a terrifying prospect. Imagine ceasing to exist. Imagine the horror of closing your eyes, the world slowly dimming into...

What Not to Do with Stranger Texts

"Well, that certainly was eye-opening." I was hoping for something more, but that was the only response I received on the heels of my...

Stranger Texts

When my mom heard what I was preaching about she couldn't pay attention to the pastor in her church that morning. From 334 miles away,...

Getting a Horse to Move

Getting a horse to move is hard. I fancy myself a cowboy. I grew up, for a time, on a 100-acre ranch in South Texas. We had cattle and a...

The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,...

What Are You Doing Here? Pt. 2

And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” What was he doing there? Everyone knows the story by now. He was...

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