Raise your hand if you’ve ever been failed by a leader – and a Christian leader, in particular. Ok. Put your hands down. Yes, all of us have experienced this to some degree. It’s hard. It questions our faith. It causes doubt and suspicions to grow in other areas of…
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2016 is a whole new game. Play on!
Checkers. It was my life-game. Safe, familiar, and homey. I was good at it, too. I thought, Sweet! God has put me in a game that I’m good at! And the game was predictable. It had its rules, and I knew them. Sure, occasionally the board got bumped and spilled,…
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Take off your harness. You can’t climb that wall.
Anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.” — Jesus (John 10:1) I’m not expert in World Religions, but someone who straps bombs to their body to gain a better afterlife sure sounds like…
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Here: The best place to be
A letter to Jesus – Here. It’s the best place to be because it’s where You want me. And to be honest, there never is a There, because when I’m finally there, it will be a new Here. A year ago, I never thought I’d be Here. Even if…
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What about unresolved conflict in Heaven?
Jesus is coming soon! Everyone defines “soon” differently, but we know it’s closer every day, and I think about it all the time. Most recently, I wondered: If we were whisked into Heaven tonight, what would happen to the unresolved relationships that we currently have with other Christians? I’d like…
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Our Broken Road: Growing with Change
In Heaven, there will be streets of gold. Perfect. Smooth. But that is not the case now. The road outside our country home was broken, destroyed by a myriad of large machines that had driven on it while constructing a bridge nearby. It literally buckled under the weight, splitting in…
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Are You In?
With two middle school daughters, friendship is a big topic for our late night conversations. Last night, we were observing how there are numerous situations in life where girls (of all ages) can feel like they’re on the outside. There are neighbors who plan events without you. A couple of…