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In my last blog post, “Anatomy of the Soul,” I mentioned the great benefit that comes from reading and praying the Psalms in the Old…
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Almost every time I open the Bible I end up at some point in the Book of Psalms (a link to each of the 150 Psalms…
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During the past three weeks since I was diagnosed with shingles (and I’m happy to say I’m finally getting on the other side of it),…
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A year ago at this time I was dealing with a soggy bag of books sitting on the floor next to the wall air conditioner…
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Back in 1986, The Fabulous Thunderbirds sang a song titled, “Tuff Enuff” (YouTube Video available at this link). It’s a song about a man who…
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Twelve days ago when I was driving around in the community, I felt a sharp pain in my back and I had no idea what…
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Yesterday while browsing the bargain bookshelves at Barnes & Nobles I ran across a book titled, “More Than Coincidence” (2015), by the Editors of Guideposts.…
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Fake news . . . It’s the latest buzzword that has surfaced in the past year to capture our attention. And it appears there is…
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I had to smile when I found the above picture to include on this blog post. People pleasing is an epidemic that nobody really likes,…
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One of the most quoted verses in the New Testament, Romans 8:28, states, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of…
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Eight days ago I published a blog post titled, “Getting Unstuck,” which has to do with an absolutely crucial element in a Christian’s life–perseverance. And it’s…
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I had an issue with my blog and while working on it I accidentally hit “publish” (re: the notice of a post titled “Testing” that…
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Getting stuck. . . grinding to a halt. . . immovable. . . trapped. . . . Stuck. It could involve a situation we find…
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Sometimes less is best. Back at the beginning of 2015 I published a blog post to start off the new year (click here) that was…
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Who doesn’t know Google? In fact, who doesn’t use Google on a regular basis? And as a matter of fact, I couldn’t do what I…
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There is a well known story tucked away in the Gospels about a couple of disciples of Jesus Christ who didn’t realize they were talking…
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The Last Supper is one of the most significant events that took place during the last week in the life of Jesus Christ. It was also Jesus’…
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Perhaps one of the saddest and most telling stories to come from the last week of Jesus’ life was his betrayal by one of his…
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The apostle Paul said that God’s handprint on the world is so strikingly obvious that people have no excuse for missing it: For ever since…
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I read a short article (actually, a devotion) on a blog last night and I said, “I must share it!” Not only is it short…
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I come from the world of academia. For over twenty years I worked in higher education at colleges and universities, large and small, public and…
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In the movie, “Bridge of Spies” (2015), based on a true story that started in 1957 during the Cold War (1947-1991–the Cold War ended when the…
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There’s a story in the Old Testament about a friendship that went beyond the grave. It is a story many of us are familiar with,…
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The above picture looks like many of our basements, storage units, spare rooms, or garages, doesn’t it? We accumulate, but instead of getting rid of…
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“You go nowhere by accident.” Do you believe that statement? And what, exactly, does it mean? In my case it means that the past two and…
