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I have so much to do this Saturday morning, afternoon…day.  It’s time to play catch up.  The laundry is almost finished.  Okay, there’s a pile on the couch, but hey, they’re clean, they don’t count.  I’m close.

It’s the pile of...

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It was Dallas Willard, in The Divine Conspiracy, who suggested,

Jesus’ enduring relevance is based on his historically proven ability to speak, to heal, and...

Midway along my life’s journey

I woke to find myself in a dark wood,

the right road lost.

For I had wandered off from the straight path.

How hard it is to tell what it was like,

this wood of...

There are people who love autumn, people whose favorite season is the fall.  There are people who begin to decorate for Christmas at the first whiff of coolness in the air.  There are people who dream of winter and cocoa by a fire and snuggling...

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How we relate with other people is one of the greatest indicators of our spiritual maturity.

This was the...

The moonlight cascading into our bedroom oriented me to the fact that it was the middle of the night. I was roused out of a deep sleep to find my 10-year-old son at our bedside.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving [gratefulness], let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through...

I don’t like stairs.  I don’t do them well.  I take a step up and my left knee lets me know that cartilage is a word I should understand.  Still, back in May, I felt God’s nudge for me to commit to “doing the Incline”.  My first reaction...