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December 5, 2011

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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November 29, 2011

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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November 27, 2011

Forever and Always In God’s Presence

In this devotion from my second novel, The Twins of Zae, I record my fascination with our concepts of being in the presence of God, yet having the presence of God within us. Continue reading

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November 18, 2011

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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November 12, 2011

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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November 3, 2011

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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October 27, 2011

Picking Up Pebbles

Just lately I was challenged with an idea that we often pick up pebbles in life that help us solve temporary problems and don’t give them to God, our rock and salvation. And when it’s all over, all we have is a pocket full of pebbles and have traveled further from God than we thought.… Continue reading

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September 14, 2011

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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September 6, 2011

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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August 15, 2011

Feel, Search, Act

I’ve finally learned all the self-help I encounter and put in practice still has to end with taking everything back to God for completion. Everything out there that helps us grow, or identify the problems that block living a Godly life is good, but it all still needs to end with us presenting ourselves to… Continue reading

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