Thanksgiving

November 23, 2007

Our Thanksgiving dinner ended with a time of reflection, praise and gratitude. Ten of us total, and the words came with a deep sense of appreciation, emotion and introspection. Kevin, a family friend that had joined our clan for the day with his wife, Karen, delivered a profound and powerful word. His thoughts circled around […]

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Eden

November 16, 2007

A river watered the garden and then flowed out of Eden and divided into four branches. The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found. The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there. ~ Genesis 2:10-12 The Lord […]

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Calloused

November 9, 2007

Calloused hands across calloused feet transformed a calloused heart. This was the pure essence of the story that Scott shared. Last summer, in the classic heat and humidity of New Orleans, a high school strength coach joined a Youth for Christ trip to Louisiana. Doug was tough, inside and out. He looked tough. And although […]

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Love or Hate

November 2, 2007

“God Hates You.” A photograph in the USA Today showed a placard with these words. It was being carried by the picketing members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas. The story was birthed when the church was sued by the father of Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, who lost his life in the war […]

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Winning

October 26, 2007

It happens every October. Some know it as the Fall Classic. Officially, it is the World Series, the baseball contest that determines the best in professional baseball. The first team to win four games is crowned the World Champion. Frankly, the series has always captured my attention, but rarely, if ever, my heart. That’s because […]

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Status Pending

October 19, 2007

The balance in my checking account is radically different than I expected. A couple of days ago I transferred some of our savings in order to cover the cost of Alli’s final semester of college. But when I pulled up my account on-line, it showed the balance from the day before. On closer inspection, I […]

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Wink

October 12, 2007

I caught her glance from across the room. Mary and I have found ourselves in these situations many times over the past two and a half years. We’re in the same room, just separated by significant and important conversations with old and new friends. We’ve gone entire evenings without having joint interaction. But during those […]

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Press Release

October 5, 2007

Have you ever wondered if God is ready to change his public relations firm? It just seems to me that God is taking it in the chops these days in the press. There are so many stories of people that claim to be followers of Christ who fail and fall with a nationally and locally […]

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A Real Enemy

September 28, 2007

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this […]

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No Formulas

September 21, 2007

And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how.” (Mark 4:26-27) There is no formula to create a transformed life. The precision of God’s surgery is as dynamic as […]

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