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I Know We’re All Tired — But . . .
We’re tired. We. Are. Tired. As if we all have long-Covid, the spiritual edition. 2020 knocked us down. 2021 pummeled us some more. 2022—well, we stopped paying attention, really. We got on with it. You know, our lives. We gathered. We did all the things. Well, not all the things. We aimed at the light …[ read more ]
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When It’s Easier Just to Fail
There are many ways to fail this side of glory. Moral failure. Financial failure. Career. Marital. Parenting. Friendship. Worst of all is heart failure. Not a sudden cardiac arrest of the soul but that gradual dulling of spiritual passion or zeal that tempts us all at one time or another. At the end of the …[ read more ]
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The Precise Moment the Battle Turned (Flashover Fiction)
An army of men and women, old and young, stood on a battlefield crying out to God. “Help us, O Lord!” they cried. “The battle is fierce and many are falling all around. Do you see our suffering? Send us help!” A battalion of prophets and teachers walked throughout the battlefield. “What are you all …[ read more ]
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What Light in this Present Darkness?
Are you finally angry enough to invest energy in fighting the true enemy? I sat beside a lovely professional woman this week. I like this girl. She’s snarky, intelligent, and strong. We don’t know one another well but we get along. So, I was shocked to hear her make this pronouncement as she scrolled through …[ read more ]