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THE STONES CRY OUT
The stones cry out …. the problem with the stones crying out is we want them confirm how we wamt to live: what we want do and how we want to do it. The point God is making is if we bend God’s message to fit us rather than striving to come to God, and… Continue reading
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Staying Out of Trouble
Why do some people seem to live without getting into all the scraps and brushes with trouble adn terrrible consequesces of life’s decisions? I believe we can ask God to give us wisdom to see what the end result of our actions will be… while we are in the process of making the decision. Maybe… Continue reading
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Don’t Touch My Christmas
This is my half-humorous, mostly serious declaration of why Christmas is not just for kids. It’s not, you know. Continue reading
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We Long To Share
“You know those writers who insist they write only for themselves, And they don’t care if anyone else ever reads it?” he asked. I nodded, having heard that from someone. “They lie,” he asserted. “We write, hoping someone will read it. We write because we want to share.” How we try to fool ourselves…. but… Continue reading
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A Straight Line To God
God Writes straight with a crooked lines. We always head for God, but the line is not always straight. Distractions, new lessons, growth spurts, our own stubbornness and God’s own lessong to learn often add kinks, curves, and turns in our life’s road toward God. Continue reading
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The Absence of Angst
I hope you all are looking forward to the Thanksgiving spirit of November. I have been so full of God and his blessings I just have wanted to sit back and indulge in feeling them. I wrote about it on my blog. Enjoy ‘The Absence of Angst.’ Continue reading
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To Everything Its Own Time
I fell into a manhole called “what good am I to anyone?” I didn’t see anyone one all day, didn’t lift anyone out of the depths of despair, didn’t change someone’s life. So, I asked myself what good am I? And God said “Someone has to do laundry, and you are elected.” What’s your equivalent… Continue reading
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LIMITS
We have become increasingly afraid of putting limits on children, ourselves, social programs, and other good things that need boundaries. In the past several years I have begun to see linits in a new light. What if limits become guidelines? Or things that keep us out of trouble? What if…. limits are really good things?… Continue reading
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Prelude to A Ministry
A new school year.The beginning of the kids and teens of the chuch will begin this week. My prayer is for us to be able to help our kids how to make God part of their entire life, not just one compartment. Continue reading
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In The Beginning
What a wonderful thing to be there at the beginning when a person turns to God and says “I’m open to you.” Whether it is a teen, young child, or adult. It is a Blessing! Continue reading
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