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Do You Ever Act Like Adam?
Did you ever act like Adam? Find yourself hiding like great-grandma Eve? Probably not. Maybe I’m the only one. Recently, I felt like something for five minutes. You know, I felt my potential. Glimpsed my worth. Then, I read another woman’s blog and it was brilliant. God’s going to use her, not me. That was …[ read more ]
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There Should Be More Weeping
I’m tired of the politics of the issue. I could live without writing or reading another word about the topic. Really, I’ve had it. But there remains within me an unspeakable sadness that won’t let me remain silent. Perhaps it’s because I grew up through the sixties and seventies. I was there for the dawning …[ read more ]
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How Then Shall We Fight?
Weapons. It’s a loaded word. When used in the context of faith and spirituality, it conjures up images of jihad and crusades. But that is not what following Jesus is about. We aren’t called to grab or to gain earthly power. We honestly don’t know how to handle it. Like Gollum, some of us are …[ read more ]
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The Danger that Follows the Downfall of a Despot (Or why we should keep praying for Egpyt)
The people of Egypt are free for the first time in thirty years – for now. I can’t help but think about them this week and wonder how long their freedom will last. Forgive my skepticism but freedom from one despot does not mean freedom from all tyranny. You have to believe there are many, …[ read more ]
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Dance with the Fat Girl
Freedom. Celebrated it yesterday with great fanfare and fireworks. Having been born in America in the sixties, I’ve known nothing but. Having been born, again, in the sixties, I also know the complete freedom that comes through knowing Jesus Christ. “If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” John 8:36 Some of …[ read more ]