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A lie is a cage made of words.   And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. John 8:32   The lies we believe imprison us, our sentence may be a few hours, a day or two, or many long years. I once spent an entire day angry at my […]

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Spiritual Growth

Why You Should Check Things Out For Yourself

How do you know if what you hear or think about God and spiritual things is true, really true? In a small village church full of women with hungry hearts and earnest eyes I’m reminded that the only truth that transforms is God’s truth. The only truth that can untangle this messy jumble we call […]

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Faith

Show and Tell

You’ll die laughing, or at least double over 😉

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Faith

Choices & Consequences

I see this truth in my own life! A harsh word stirs up anger, but a soft word ‘turns down the heat of an argument’. That last bit is my own paraphrase. As one father used to say to his young son, “Make a good decision here Drew”! I always make a better decision when […]

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Travel

Praying For Fruit

This morning we are on our way for 9 weeks of ministry in Ghana. We’re asking that God make it fruitful. We can’t wait to see our friends there. I feel like I know a little of what Paul felt when he was away from the believers he had shared so much with. We miss […]

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Faith

Summer Thoughts

I just love Morning Story and Dilbert 😉 Need a little encouragement? Here it is.

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Life

Are You In Over Your Head? Really?

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Spiritual

Gaining Perspective #3

      Everybody will die, but very few want to be reminded of that fact. Lemony Snicket, The Austere Academy     I call this story Father Knows Best. You can find it in 2 Kings 20, or 2 Chronicles 32, and also in Isaiah 38-39. When God tells the same story three times […]

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Relationships

Are You Building The Life You Really Want?

I’ve had this little saying on a post-it note hanging on the bottom of my iMac for about 6 months.   It’s a little reminder that life is about the everyday.   A Wedding Day is a big event day, but creating a strong marriage is about what we contribute everyday. The day you have […]

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