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There Is Rest | Beyond The Risk - Erik Cooper
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May 20, 2015. Mdash; Leave a comment. 8217;m becoming more pensive as I age. Part of that is probably my life-long spiritual gift of overthinking almost everything, but I believe another reality is also at play here. Life just naturally gets heavier as you get older. The kids’ college tuition looms on the horizon. Your body begins reminding you that you’re human. Joys and regrets fill the suddenly half-written chapters of your life. Have I saved enough? Have I prayed enough? Have I loved enough? A href= ...
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3 Stories of Hope from the Roots of Radical Terrorism. March 23, 2016. Mdash; Leave a comment. Y phone seems to blow up daily with news of yet another horrific terrorist attack somewhere in the world. Each new atrocity births endless socio-political pontification on how to end the violence, from dropping bombs, to building walls, to endeavoring to understand and appease the hatred of the killers. 8220;For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the ...
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The Two Main Ways We Screw Up Basically Everything | Beyond The Risk - Erik Cooper
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The Two Main Ways We Screw Up Basically Everything. The Two Main Ways We Screw Up Basically Everything. April 29, 2015. Mdash; Leave a comment. Have zero home improvement skills (or home repair skills for that matter). So last month, when my wife asked me to install a new closet system in my oldest daughter’s bedroom, I balked. I was tired. I was grumpy. And when it comes to projects like this, I. Seem to screw things up. This effort did not disappoint. Climbing Up To God. In this approach, I get ahold o...
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Life Lessons from a Chinese Chicken Salesman | Beyond The Risk - Erik Cooper
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Life Lessons from a Chinese Chicken Salesman. Life Lessons from a Chinese Chicken Salesman. April 22, 2015. Mdash; 2 Comments. F I asked you to join me for lunch with a successful Chinese businessman…. A major chicken producer, including all the KFC’s in northern China. An exporter of medical gloves, shipping over 7 billion units his last year in the business. A man who oversaw nearly 10,000 employees and multiple factories and production facilities in his 20 years of leadership. Joseph inspires me. ...
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An Exhausting Climb Up a Dark Stairwell: My One-Day Journey into the Heart of Cairo. January 21, 2015. Mdash; Leave a comment. Was still struggling to grasp my surroundings as we slipped off our shoes and walked into the expansive, open-air, marbled courtyard. There were dozens of students pacing the floors, kneeling in prayer, and sitting in study groups amongst the roman pillars “harvested” from the once-plentiful churches of this ancient city. The oldest university in the world (969AD). 8220;One of my...
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City Community Church | Beyond The Risk - Erik Cooper
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Archives For City Community Church. If You Only Remember One Thing I’ve Ever Said To You. September 4, 2012. Mdash; Leave a comment. Or those of you that may not have heard, my life is taking a new twist. I’m stepping into a new role. A new arena of Kingdom building as part of a mission-minded non-profit called Community Reinvestment Foundation. This time has been the definition of bittersweet for us, but the excitement and anticipation is palpable. The future is bright. What do you think? August 15, 2012.
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Life | Beyond The Risk - Erik Cooper
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We Talk A Lot About Greed, Why Don’t We Talk About Envy? May 19, 2016. Mdash; Leave a comment. Opened the newspaper Sunday morning to a full weekend spread on the housing market in Indianapolis. It’s booming. And the full-color photo collages were there to prove it. One in particular caught my eye. It was a wide-angle shot off a beautiful custom kitchen, complete with high end, hand-made cabinets, stainless steel appliances, marble countertops, and stunning hard wood floors. I thought to myself. Irony: I...
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Culture | Beyond The Risk - Erik Cooper
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Tolerance Isn’t Good Enough. June 17, 2016. Mdash; Leave a comment. Oralism is the byproduct of religious self-sufficiency. It’s a form of self-righteousness that may start with professed dependence on Christ, but lives itself out as if pleasing God is an outflow of a person’s ability to outwardly obey the rules (or at least only break the ones that are socially and culturally acceptable to ignore). But here’s my rub…. Tolerance is just secular moralism. And herein lies the rub for human hubris. Religiou...
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Church | Beyond The Risk - Erik Cooper
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3 Stories of Hope from the Roots of Radical Terrorism. March 23, 2016. Mdash; Leave a comment. Y phone seems to blow up daily with news of yet another horrific terrorist attack somewhere in the world. Each new atrocity births endless socio-political pontification on how to end the violence, from dropping bombs, to building walls, to endeavoring to understand and appease the hatred of the killers. 8220;For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the ...
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Missions | Beyond The Risk - Erik Cooper
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The Unexpected Blessing of Nothing Turning Out Like You Planned. July 6, 2016. Mdash; 1 Comment. Ometimes things don’t work the way we planned. This was not the beautiful journey I had promised my kids for the last 6 months. This was not the trip I had planned. It was nothing like the picture I had painted in my head. But there are unexpected blessings to encountering moments of complete powerlessness. Many of you know my son’s personality. He’s a strong-willed negotiator. Powerlessness can be a gift....
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