Reading Time: 3 minutes Confession is difficult. It’s an act of vulnerability. To paraphrase the Miranda Rights statement: We remain silent because anything we …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes When something is made common or even popular, it often loses its meaning and power. There are many examples of …
Reading Time: 3 minutes I hope this prayer gives you words to voice your disappointment and joy experienced in the past year and words …
Reading Time: 4 minutes When will things go back to normal? Google that question and you find nearly two billion results. Everyone is wondering …
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Reading Time: 5 minutes When I was a child I threw myself at life. Literally I flung myself over cliffs and down precipitous bike …
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Who are you? I’m a fan of the Enneagram and all things self-discovery. But quipping, “I’m a Seven or an …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes After we buried my dad, my world was as dark as death. Every time we visited the cemetery, I would …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes My first job at eleven years old was manning a massive industrial lawnmower and cutting the huge lawn for …
Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s hard to be cross with someone who exhibits that much enthusiasm for life. Misery may love company but tail-wagging creates a party.
Reading Time: 5 minutes Notice everyone Jesus blessed is needy. Being blessed is more than a sassy ironic Southern idiom. For Jesus it meant bowing to receive God’s personal touch of grace. We cannot receive God’s blessing standing tall and proud, unwilling to recognize our need for God’s grace. It is admitting I can’t do this alone but I can do it with you.