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(Dis)Unity
Our church is entering a time of transition. A couple of weeks ago, our senior pastor of almost 9 years announced that he and his family are headed to the mission field full-time. They leave in less...
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How to Help Your Husband Be the Leader of the Family
I felt the anger begin to churn in my core. My muscles became concrete, my jaw locked. I tried to stop the emotion, but it kept coming. I diverted my eyes because I knew they would burn a hole right...
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How to Forgive Anyone for Anything
(Yikes. Hope this article can really live up to that title…) (It’s ok, it’s not the words in this post that inspired that title. Scripture inspired that title. So I can go that big with that claim.) (I...
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Some Truths About Your Purpose
Every year about this time, at summer’s end, prepping for another school year, another year of ministry, I question my “purpose” and my “calling”. Truth be told, I hate those words. Mostly because I...
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Choosy People Choose God
A concept that fascinates me in the scriptures is the idea that God chooses people. In the Old Testament, He chose a lot of individuals to do a lot of different things (2 Samuel 6:21, 1 Chronicles...
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Why Church Membership is Important
So my last three posts – When it’s Not Okay to Leave Your Church, When it’s Okay to Leave Your Church, and What to do if You’re Unhappy at Your Church – all started with a basic presupposition: church...
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Isaiah 43:11-13
Isaiah 43:11-13. I read it and smile. Because the Old Testament always points to the New. The Bible isn’t 66 books – it’s one book pointing us to our need for the one God. “I, even I, am the Lord, and...
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Us Versus Them
In any kind of conflict, we humans instinctively feel defensive. Whether it’s a tiff with a spouse, a disagreement with a friend, or an argument with a boss, we immediately adopt an “us versus them”...
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How to Abide in Christ
There is this concept that sounds like it is straight out of the mouths of powerhouse Christians from the 1800’s: abide in Christ. In fact, one of those dudes, Andrew Murray, wrote a book by the same...
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Who’s Laughing Now?
It’s almost laughable…how life is just one sucker punch after another. Just when you think you’ve recovered from one crushing situation, just when you’ve gotten back up on your feet and are in a...
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What to Do When Pain Overwhelms You
I’ve had a heavy heart the past week or so. I’ve been blaming gray winter clouds hiding the sun that I need to light me up and the beige walls of my home closing in as winter weather held our family...
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