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February 6, 2013

HALFWAY GIVERS

The ideal of Christian living is giving myself totally to God. We all talk about it, but it’s never been easy for me to do it in reality. What does it look like for me? We like to think we fully trust God immediately after becoming a Christian. But sometimes what’s possible and what really… Continue reading

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January 22, 2013

The Past Is Gone, But…?

Yeah, sure, the past is gone and tomorrow never comes, so just be in the moment…. live for today. In a sense that is true. But somehow the richness of life is lost when we try so hard to put away all the past. As Christians the past can become a foundation. The reminder of… Continue reading

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January 16, 2013

“Whatever….”

The new year does something to us. It stirs something in us. We always have hope for something new, even if we are doing the same things. I don’t know why we think this will magically happen. I decided to go a different direction and say ‘whatever’ to God. But it’s not quite the disconnect… Continue reading

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November 7, 2012

Asking, Seeking, Knocking and Finding

It amazes me how quickly my attention and asking what’s next shifts from you to what’s happening around me. And I get frustrated when I don’t get answers. In my devotions I was reminded (again) the answers I get from secular places only satisifes the secular. If I want Life answers, I need to ask… Continue reading

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October 30, 2012

Lettting Go

God continues working in our lives no matter what is going on. I was reminded that again this week. Here’s a thought about my reaction to my growth. Continue reading

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September 8, 2012

God’s Plan From a Different View

I responded to another challengs: what do you really think about God’s plan for our lives? I don’t expect agreement particularly with my conclusions, but perhaps it will get you thinking about it. Continue reading

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August 28, 2012

God Of All (An alphabet acrostic celebration)

I accepted a challenge from Faithful Bloggers (a group of Christian bloggers) to follow the acrostic style of Psalms that start with A and go to Z (in Hebrew, Not English) and it has taken me acouple of weeks to complete it. Hope you enjoy it. Try it… you’ll be surprised. Continue reading

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August 4, 2012

God Hangs Pictures?

A builder’s message struck a whimisical vision of God’s process of become part of our whole lives. This is something we see as people who claim to be Christians never make God part of their lives outside of church. Anger is never conquered, harsh judgements continue, conflict swilrs around them, and there is no peace.… Continue reading

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April 26, 2012

You’re Not From Around Here

Has anyone accused you from not ‘being from around here?’ What if your relationship with God is so obvious people can see you are different even when you are being yourself and casual in public? Something I read this week made me think. Titus 3:3-9 is the scripture reference. Continue reading

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March 26, 2012

Are You Sure About This?

Everything changes all the time. So, why, when God sends along a new BIG change, the first thing we do is panic? Continue reading

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