How comforting to know God won’t leave us or abandon us. He accepts us because of Jesus. But church bodies aren’t always so faithful to embrace, even with Jesus. I believe the uncertainty of human acceptance leads a lot of us to do a lot of things to secure our place in human grace. Without meaning ...
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Dear Friend,
It’s a good thing I didn’t make “post regularly” a New Year’s resolution. This January a whole new normal hijacked my world. As if last year hasn’t been upside down already, 2016 is mixing it up again. These changes came wrapped as answered prayers and opportunities, called “new ...
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I've never chosen "a word" for a year. Sometimes I think the Lord points me to a word as the year unfolds; it always feels a little presumptuous to choose a word before I even know what the year holds. But this year Compassion challenged its bloggers to choose one word 2016, and I think it's time. ...
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The start of this particular new year comes loaded with more change for me. After slogging through a season of transition already, you would think I would have this "change" thing down by now, but every "new thing" is a beast all its own. I can always use helpful tools. God has a way of giving us ...
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There was no shortage of the Christmas spirit that day. In my red sweater and red car, I mentally reviewed my holidays shopping list and hummed carols with the radio. I entered the lot according to the directional arrows, delighted to see a slanted slot opening up in front of Hobby Lobby. As if my ...
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