Knowing God
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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…
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Quit the Program?
Why do we think we need a program? (How to Live Life) Basic Christian Living 101: Our minds are so programmed to be in a program…for everything. (Thank you Henry Ford for your assembly line model…) We go to an education program, we go to a fitness program, we go to a sports program… we…
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God’s Victorious Love – Easter Sunday
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections Easter Sunday – God’s Victorious Love 1 Corinthians 5; Ephesians 3: Romans 10 Today is the day we celebrate God’s victorious love! We have been counting down the days of Lent towards Easter Sunday. Today, we reflect and celebrate… Jesus is no longer in the grave! …He lives!…
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: Good Friday
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections Good Friday God is love, 1 John 4:9 We have been counting down the days of Lent towards Easter Sunday, as we focus on love’s journey to the cross. How often have you said you were having a bad day or a bad week? Could any of…
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: 6th Sunday in Lent
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections Col 3:12-14 NIRV and ERV – Unity in Love We continue to countdown the days of Lent towards Easter Sunday, as we focus on dying to our selves and living free in Christ, …as we focus on love’s journey to the cross… Reflect with me… God calls…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 