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Guest post by Steven Norris who writes over at Thy Grace is Sufficient

Best Posts of 2008:

January: Shallow Christians & The New Monastics Thoughts on the New Monastics and the lack of response from the organized church.

February: Of Professors and Regular Folks Lay people and a seminary professor think the same way about church and community.

March: This Ball Field, Moon and Sixpence, Home Reflections on being a Dad, coaching softball, and the journey of life.

April: Singing Nazis The concept of Singing Nazis, and facing our own short-fallings corporately as the Church.

May: Coachella Reprieve – Excellence & Humility The last in a series of musings on attending the Coachella Music Festival with my daughter.

June: Fighting Gravity, Reaching 50, Flying, Joy On turning 50 and indoor skydiving.

July: Sitting on the Steps of St. Paul’s Reflections on St Paul’s Cathedral in London and the words of John Donne.

August: Above Greenland Reflection on mid-life while crossing the Atlantic, above Greenland.

September: Darkness, and then Dancing, after 24 Years Thoughts about freedom, change, and faith.

October: The Abyss, the Decline, and Our Souls The Wall Street collapse and what has happened to our souls.

November: Remembering Richard Erdman The death of a good and faithful childhood neighbor.

December: The Wal-Mart Death in All of Us Why the death of a security guard at a Wal-Mart in New York is the biggest news story of the year for our country.

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A quick hello from Steve Norris, an old friend of Mark Roberts (director of Laity Lodge), and amateur (read: occasional) blogger from the suburbs of Southern California. Pretty much everything anyone would care to know about me can be found at my blog, Thy Grace is Sufficient.

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