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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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The Balanced Life is a Lie – The Extreme Secret Mary Knew and You Can Learn
I was a weird little kid by any account. I was bookish and chubby but that’s not what made me weird. The exponential factor for my weirdness was a direct result of my early passion for Jesus. By second grade, the Bible was my favorite book to carry around and read and what was worse …[ read more ]
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A Bird in the Hand, Jack Kerouac and the Dangerous Idolatry of Certainty
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. This is a saying for people who like certainty. I am continually amazed at people who are certain of things. Have you met these folk? They abound in all walks of life but seem particularly drawn to the church and they are sure of …[ read more ]
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What I Learned at the Movies this Week-end (That Might Just Change Your Life)
Most good stories are about change. Over the Christmas week-end, people flocked to movies that portray lives in the midst of change – The Blind Side, Invictus, It’s Complicated, Avatar, Did You Hear About the Morgans, Up in the Air, Scrooge. It’s what we look for in great stories – a compelling character facing challenging …[ read more ]