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What Do You Give a Prodigal for Christmas?
Parenting is not for wimps. Just ask God. He wrote a whole Book about it. Parenting is the ultimate roller coaster ride with all its highs and lows, twists and turns, moments that take your breath away and moments you just want to throw up. It is the ride of your life as you co-create,…
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Living in the ‘In Between’ of Darkness and Life
Have you ever had a deep truth hit you right between the eyes? A truth you have skimmed over before in Scripture, but because you could not see it, God just plants it in a place you cannot focus—smack in the furrowed brow between the windows to your soul. It is a moment during which…
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Is Our Relationship With Food a Sign of a Deeper Longing?
Are you aware that you have a relationship with food? Yes, food. A give and take, up and down, love and hate, daily interactive relationship with all things edible. We all have one. There is no escaping this relationship. We have to eat in order to live, so there is no breaking up with food…
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This Advent Is Different
I have never thought more about the second coming of Christ than I have this year. 2020. A year that arrived with such vision and hope, yet will depart as a rear view nightmare marked by uncertainty and despair. In the the midst of such a roller-coaster year, I have never clung so adamantly to…
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Why I Am A Christian
There are a plethora of reasons why someone may identify as a Christian. You have the nominal Christian who merely bears a “spiritual name tag”, the Christian by birth because their parents said so, the Christian by happenstance because growing up they found a cool youth group, the Christian who attends church but has no relationship…
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The Best Life Advice—Hold It Loosely
Fear, control, and manipulation are the cerebral enemies of 2020. We are all in our own heads a little too much these days. In fact, “stinking thinking” is at an all-time high causing most of us to assume the posture of a defensive lineman just waiting for the snap. Or maybe you feel like you…
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Walking Spirit to Spirit
Hi friends, do you want to take a walk with the Holy Spirit? If so, the journey begins and ends in The Word. . . “For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children.” Romans 8:16 NLT As believers, what does it look like to live and walk Spirit to…
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Tired of Fighting
Are you tired of fighting? I sure am. We live in a society of fight or flight triggers that seem to keep our stress hormones at an all time high and our sacred encounters at an all time low. We fight traffic and feelings, different opinions and all too familiar foes. Familiar foes are perhaps…
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Healing For the Sin-Sick Soul
It is no secret that the Western Medical Model has failed us. Built primarily on the treatment of symptoms and disease, this model has trained us to focus on our problems more than prevention. We have become a society seeking relief rather than patiently waiting for healing. We demand answers from physicians while simultaneously questioning…
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Set Yourself Free
There was a time in my life when my daily planner influenced me more than my daily devotional. In fact, I often refer to my old-school, pen-and-paper planner as my “other bible” because I would be lost without it! Every aspect of my life from kids, to work, to household management, to ministry, to taxes…
When Only Faith Remains
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