Hey, friend. When did you last take time for soul care? I know. It’s not a guilt-trip we’re after here. For many of us, the end of the ministry year…
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Today is Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, the day before the beginning of Lent. I grew up in a Christian tradition that didn’t smile on the church calendar. We only…
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Have you ever observed Lent? Until a few years ago, I had not. Having grown up in a tradition which didn’t observe the church calendar, the closest I ever got…
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Reposting and updating a popular post from last December in the hope that we all grow from what God teaches us from 2016 and how he is leading us toward 2017. Why take…
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I've been thinking this week about these words to Joy to the World as I have finished our preparations for Christmas: "Let every heart prepare Him room." It has me assessing…
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If you aren’t a sports fan, bear with me. Sometimes lessons from sports are so applicable to our spiritual lives that we have to hear the story. On Sunday the…
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Once again I need to read through the Bible. Without a reading plan, I feel like I am on a boat lost at sea with no sense of which way…
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Why take time to reflect at year end? Because God made us to grow and learn as we progress through life. We waste our hardships and our sorrow when we…
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It’s December 18th as I write this. With only a week until Christmas, most of us are busy wrapping gifts, finishing up work that must be done by the end…
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I can’t seem to shake heaviness this Thanksgiving as I think of people who are struggling with major hardships, many friends who are bearing sorrow and loss, and thousands being…
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