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Losing Heart Is Not an Option
Losing heart is simply not an option – even when we know that the heart that can be warmed by a loving embrace can be broken by pain. No walls are allowed here. All protective devices are disabled. We must… Continue reading
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Strong at It’s Root – Advent Wednesday- 2018
Father, out of a deep root, you formed a branch, a rod out of a stem. Father, out of our beginnings, you are forming something new. Because Thou hast sent Thine Only Begotten Son, We are a part of the… Continue reading
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When? The Second Day of Advent
Advent is, in part, about time and waiting. This is all the time that ever will be. We are about the step out of this realm into the timeless expanse of eternal glory. We are about to leap into God’s… Continue reading
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AN Adjustment – Seven Remedies with AN Attitude
Sometimes I need AN attitude adjustment. I just need to flip the switch from channel zero to channel one and start living on a higher level of thinking. It is possible, but there are some obstacles. It is then that… Continue reading
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Beware of Me and Those Like Me
The bottom line is that no matter how lofty and beautiful our words, if we do not live them in the way we treat the most vulnerable, they are meaningless. “While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his… Continue reading
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Talk of Advent
What is all this cross talk at Advent and Christmas? it doesn't sound too gentle, warm, and cozy? What do you think he came for? That little vulnerable baby calls you to a life of vulnerability, self-denial, and radical… Continue reading
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He Says What He Says
Throw all the trick questions at Jesus you like. Question him about dead issues, irrelevant issues, side issues, peripheral issues, issues and more issues … but he keeps going to the heart of the matter about God. God is about… Continue reading
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It Is Almost Winter and Summer in Nigh – The First Sunday of Advent
On the first Sunday of Advent, we look past the first coming of Christ to His Second Coming in glory. Continue reading
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Some Thoughts on Naysayers and Opposition
We can be so sensitive, defensive, and aggressive about asserting that we are right and everyone else is wrong. Jesus never demonstrated any of that sort of insecurity. He just put it all out there and people could see… Continue reading
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It’s Christmas! Happy Easter – The One Jesus Event
"And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying … And the angel… Continue reading
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