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Article: Telling truths.(Faith matters)(Book review)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- July 25, 2006
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FOR MORE THAN 20 years now, I have been in the business of telling the truth that is public. In sermons, Sunday school lessons, prayers alongside hospital beds and ten-minute speeches to the Rotary Club, my job has involved mining some nugget of truth that will ring true for all within the sound of my voice. As often as I have begun with something that is true for me, I have never allowed myself to stop there. My rule for public truth telling is simple: only say "I" when you are reasonably sure that those listening to you can say "me too." No one needs to hear what you learned about God on your solo trek up Everest. What you learned while walking the dog is far more ...