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Facing the Test
How do you feel about tests? Most of us dread them. To be honest, I didn’t get too worked up about tests in my elementary and high school years. I learn easily and love to study. I’m that student who started her final project the day the teacher handed out the syllabus. Yeah, I annoyed …[ read more ]
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The Danger of Settling for Answers (or why seekers fail to find satisfaction)
This generation worships the seeker. We elevate those on a spiritual quest, the perpetual walkabout traveler, the dreamer whose dreams lead to more dreams. We romanticize the restless wanderer willing to travel endlessly in search of ever-elusive answers. Like Jack Kerouac, we want a spirituality that lives on the road. We believe God is a …[ read more ]
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Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again …[ read more ]
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When God Tries to Take Your Blankie
Have you ever been clutching something only to feel God tugging it from your clenched fists? Have you ever been angry that He seemed to be tearing away something that was perfectly good in your life for no apparent reason? When my daughter was little, she had a blankie. I didn’t discourage the blankie at …[ read more ]
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There Are Places I’ll Remember – the Beatles, Abraham, and a Catalpa Tree
The Beatles had it right. There are places in life we will never forget. Are there places in your life that have special significance? Why? What ties you to that place? I’ve been studying Abraham this week, probably the most famous of God’s wanderers, and yet I’m struck by how important certain places became to …[ read more ]