Close to You - My Sky is Blue
We were late for church on Sunday morning. And as we bumped over the potholes, past a man in a black suit riding a bicycle, past the dry...
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Faith, Hope, & Imperfectness
May you have grace to accept and embrace
the imperfect chaos in your life -
Hold on to faith that God is good -
And keep that tiny flicker of hope,
because some surprises are good surprises.
And maybe everything isn't actually just getting worse.
- Jan 10
- 8 min
Deliverance
Deliverance. It often comes from nowhere, just about the time you have given up hope. Deliverance is finding a couple 1,000 goudes -...
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- Dec 7, 2021
- 6 min
The Magic of Christmas
Sometimes, our Bible Story Book nativity scenes seem more like a comfortable 21st century Christmas gathering than the real truth - a...
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- Nov 25, 2021
- 7 min
Gratitude and Generosity
You can get used to living far away from the country where you were born. Strange things become normal. But today, Thanksgiving Day, I...
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- Oct 20, 2021
- 6 min
Are Christians Safe?
I've been thinking a lot about this word - safety. Does being a Christian keep you safe? Does the Bible promise safety? I have a lot of...
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- Oct 15, 2021
- 4 min
Waiting for Dawn
My soul waiteth for God more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. I imagine that the...
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- Aug 10, 2021
- 5 min
What Do You Control?
How much of your life do you believe you have control over? Oh, I know you glibly say, "God is in control," but what is your core belief?...
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- Jul 7, 2021
- 4 min
Getting Ahead
I've been thinking this evening about "getting ahead" and what it means. Hopefully, when we say this we're just referring to common sense...
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- May 26, 2021
- 7 min
Little White Rooms
Crazy? I was crazy once! They took me to a home for it. They locked me in a little white room and threw away the key. I died there. Then...
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- May 25, 2021
- 4 min
My hometown is heaven...
"my hometown is heaven... i've left parts of my heart all over the place..." -Rachel Ella I grew up in a land of tall pines and crickets...
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- Sep 20, 2020
- 7 min
The Barfing Toilet: Our Own Minor Version of Jonah and the Whale
Saturdays in my life our so full of activity. This morning I groaned around and rolled out of bed at 7:30 because the neighbor was...
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- May 24, 2020
- 5 min
The Walk up the Mountain
I want to write down what I got out of the sermon this morning just so I can remember it so thought I'd share it... Just so you know it's...
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