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What if God Wants Me to Be Brave??

Who doesn’t love the story of Ruth? A godly woman in a desperate situation is saved when God sends Boaz to the rescue. Like a fairy tale...

Love Lavishly

Throughout early February, it seems as if the topic of love is in the air. As I've been thinking about it, I am reminded that I have be...

You've Come a Long Way, Baby!

This Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday---a time for parties, good food, and lots of football. (Okay, honestly, the football interests me the l...

How to Overcome Facebook Envy (and be the Envy of All Your Facebook Friends)

So there I sat, hoping that the report I’d heard the night before that the government is watching all of us through our webcams isn’t tru...

No Matter What You've Heard...

“You little #”%!!@$)”!!!! I almost couldn’t believe what I was hearing. It was a warm summer day and I was sitting in the car with the w...

Gone Fishing

Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymu...

Restoration

What does "restoration" mean? Think about it in “yard sale” terms. We take something that’s old, beat up and seemingly useless and we “re...

You Won't Like Me When I'm Angry

So last night I slapped the living daylights out of an old college friend who had the nerve to say that I was fat. (I mean I know I’m n...

All Things

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28...

Goodbye to Someday

“Someday. That's a dangerous word. It's usually code for never.” ---Knight and Day It never ceases to amaze me. I hear it all the time---...

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