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remembering god at 11:48pm
After almost exactly 24 months since I started praying for it, at about 3pm today, I got it. What “it” is is irrelevant to the telling of the story. Even though, in all those months, I had not lost faith nor hope, when I finally got it, I was surprised and breathtakingly delighted. First, I texted Read more
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max on life, by max lucado (thomas nelson)
This is not a typical Lucado book. It is not like sitting in the pew listening to Preacher Max spin a 50,000-word sermon; Instead it is like reclining on a couch for a private session with Counsellor Max. The book is a compilation of 172 questions and concerns that are answered by Lucado. Why precisely Read more
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caught in the crossfire
Terrorism had arrived in our town, at our doorstep. It was Sabbath morning, October 18, 2002, and we were awakened to a bomb. It was so close we could see the foggy smoke rise up towards the morning sky, we could hear the glass windows rattle. A quarter-mile from the hospital and a few yards Read more
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the reason why by mark mittelberg (tyndale)
My spirituality was rote in many ways until I was almost 30 and began to question why I believed what I believed. With my discovery came a determination to encourage my children to question the faith they were reared into and discover with clarity their personal manifesto. My son’s manifesto and its evolution over 10 Read more
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telling it like it is
Texts: Matt. 4:18–22; 10:24, 25; Mark 3:13, 14; 8:34, 35; Luke 14:25, 26 Jesus lived in a time where stories were used very specifically. A story wasn’t just something you read to put a child (or an adult) to sleep. Stories were used to derive a legal conclusion; teach a moral lesson; illustrate an idea Read more
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brown m & m’s
I have a problem embracing the earth—dirt in particular. And I passed this problem on to my son. From the moment he opened his eyes, he learned to stay within the borders of a multi-colored patchwork quilt. The quilt was his world and I kept it cleaner than a surgeon’s prepped hands. Every time Jez Read more
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if it keeps you up, it’s got to go
Note: I wrote this in 2009 and I’m proud to say I’ve been clean 2 years and counting. For weeks now, I’ve had a suspicion that I am an addict. To confirm this suspicion, I went googling and learnt that some signs of addiction are: using the stuff to forget problems or to relax; keeping it Read more
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farewells come too quickly
Journal entry from several years ago: The message read: “Attention—Betty is retiring. Farewell lunch next week.” I’ve known Betty for five years. She works two cubicles and a corridor from me. If there were a prize for motivation, Betty would win the gold. Velcro’ed on her cubicle wall is a saying every day. Today it’s Read more
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truefaced by thrall, mcnicol & lynch (navpress)
The book is for those of us struggling to be ourselves and see ourselves in God’s plans. The Shakespearean quote on the cover sums it up well: God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another. Using the metaphor of a mask, the book deals with the dangers of being untrue to ourselves Read more
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adventist alert
Just had to repost this. Hilarious–but not so much, if you are Adventist and haven’t yet learned to laugh at yourself. Read more
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