Jesus used to walk around town It was about 2000 years ago and half a world away from my town, but He really did rub shoulders with regular people. He hung out with them, had meals with them, and did a little traveling with some friends. Last week I was involved in a conversation about […]
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Living Life Slowly Makes You a Pro Hurry is for amateurs! I came across that idea in a book by Ann Voskamp that I’ll share more about in a moment. Given that we all have the same 24 hours in a day we can take a deep breath and acknowledge we don’t have to live […]
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Mothers Should Always Pray And Never Give Up on their Prodigals There she is in my kitchen, her mother’s daughter and my first grandchild. Pivoting between the cutting board and the big stovetop. All large belly and the most beautiful red hair imaginable. She’s a glorious testimony to the powerful love of God and the […]
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Do you ever think, ‘Hey, I wonder if God’s got a message for me today?’ He does. He wants to share His heart with you and help you find His purposes for today and every day. He wants to bless you and inspire you. And He wants to give you an opportunity to do something […]
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Lists Maybe if I were a talented screenwriter like Nora Ephron I’d have more fascinating lists. Like the ones she made. Her Will Miss List and her Won’t Miss List. Her lists have made the top of my list for this post about lists. Read on and you’ll find out why. […]
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He taught our kids about how to know God We came grudgingly. We were groggy, hungry, and grumpy. Resigned, resentful, and with rebellion in our hearts, but we came. We came and sat on chairs and sofas. He opened in prayer, read a passage, and then asked us a few questions. Boredom was the rule […]
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Wishing You a Blessed Easter Sunday! What are we really celebrating on Easter Sunday? The Apostle Peter says we are born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. He is risen! He is risen indeed! And it makes all the difference to anyone who believes. To understand the […]
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Episode #03 Only God Can Tell Us What He’s Like Everything we know about God He has told us Himself. He recorded what He’s like and all He did because that’s the only way you and I would know it. Maya Angelou famously said, When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first […]
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Episode #02 God Sees and Knows All That freaks us out a little, doesn’t it! Like our ancestors, Adam & Eve, many of us grab for our fig leaves and duck behind the trees thinking we can hide from God. We fear His scrutiny.There came a time when I learned that if I was going […]
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Episode #01 God Is For You God is for you! Oh, I wish I’d known that in the early years of my walk with God. In this episode we’re going back to the early years of my Christian life ~ almost 50 years ago to see how my failure to connect the truth of God’s […]
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