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Maybe You Can’t Handle the Truth
“I’ve read the story you sent me. It’s not good. Try another form of writing.” A literary agent sent that comment in response to my first attempt at fiction. “You don’t even know what you’re trying to say, Lori. Until you do, you shouldn’t try to get someone to publish you.” Words from one of the first …[ read more ]
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A Post I Wrote from Inside the Belly of a Large Fish
I’ve been studying the book of Jonah. I used to see it primarily as a story about a man who ran from God. That’s not me. So, I enjoyed studying Jonah because it was a safe foray into someone else’s follies. Slim chance of personal conviction. A prophet with issues. A follower who doesn’t like …[ read more ]
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A Hard Conversation with the Witch Next Door
Have you ever learned a lesson about your own faith from someone opposed to it? God taught me a significant life lesson through an encounter with a warlock. Fresh out of Christian college, I had energy to burn and invested it all in the residents of an inner-city runaway shelter in Providence, RI. Not sure …[ read more ]
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One Bible Story Every Modern Christian Should Model – But Sometimes Doesn’t
Nobody wants to be thought a fool. I sure don’t. I’ve always hated being laughed at or considered “not in the know” by others. That was the story of my childhood – being laughed at by cousins and neighborhood kids who weren’t afraid of the train that ran through my grandmother’s back yard or big …[ read more ]
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The Next Billy Graham is Here
Let me get right to the point with this post. I have been deeply influenced by some great Christian preachers and teachers of our times. For their words and example, I am (literally) eternally grateful. It’s been nearly one year since the Billy Graham stepped from this life into glory and many have wondered who …[ read more ]