Knowing God
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How do you forgive a sexual abuser? By writing a letter | Mary DeMuth
We who know redemption are tired of miring ourselves in the painful past. Instead we will STAND. We will dance. We will give our healed lives to rescue souls from the darkness… Read Mary’s incredible blog post… How do you forgive a sexual abuser? By writing a letter | Mary DeMuth.
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9 Changes to Make Before a Church Dies
My heart ached when I read this post from Thom Rainer… It triggered pain that I have known… I pray for churches across North America (my heart lies there)… “..Many of our congregations must change. They must change or they will die. I call these churches “the urgent church.” Time is of the essence. If…
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From Word Curses to Blessing – Uncanny Story
Is life a bit nuts for you? …with people’s word curses rather than words of blessing? Do you live in a series of uncanny events? This is my uncanny story. First I needed some Biblical research… {This book pictured takes me back to my Old Testament prophets class in Bible school and my professor weeping over…
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Be Still :)
Be still and know that God is God and… you are not. This truth is the best thing you can fully embrace. He holds the world together, not you. 🙂 What He wants to do in and through you is far greater – if you trust Him – than if you try to control and…
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My Changing Mind on Church: Learning to Fly
(This post was originally written in 2017. Wow… so much has happened since!) My mind has been changing about church since about 2010. After 10 years of pastoral ministry, I was wrecked, but in a good way… The mother bird pushes it’s young out of the nest to learn to fly… I think I didn’t want to…
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Has God’s Glory Left?
Where has His Glory gone…? My adventures in 1 Samuel continue… I read Chapter 4 today… 19 Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, about to give birth. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband (priests) were dead, she bowed and…
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I’m in detox
After reading these two pages which were written back in 1987, I am pondering again yet another confirmation of how much I needed (still need) a detox… and full repair… (From Danny Lehman’s book: “Bringin’ ‘Em Back Alive“) Constant brainstorming meetings year, after year, over who (men / women) and what ‘methods’ of disciplemaking is right…
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How do you grieve the unfaithfulness of loved ones?
How do you grieve the unfaithfulness of loved ones? A friend, community… you name it…? 💔 Good memories are painful… they haunt you… you don’t know what to do with them. How do you grieve over a once faithful but then turned hurtful inner community…? How do you grieve over the betrayal of a small circle within…
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Relationship, Not Religion
Update: My heart is full! I’m slowly gaining strength physically as my nervous system heals since my doctor ordered me to leave my place of ministry for peaceful rest back in June 2016. Though, last week I was in bed 3 days and one was in the house with all blinds drawn, ear plugs in…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 