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Do you Doubt?
Doubt is a funny thing. We hardly ever do it as children, but as we age, we begin to doubt everything. Will I make enough money? Will I be able to live in peace? Does he really love me? What's even more crazy is how often we try to hide our doubts. We cover our doubts...
No Greater Love
From Romeo and Juliet to Kate and William, our imaginations are fascinated by epic love stories. As a society, we are enamored by these deep connections and the imagined fairy tale life we believe they lead. What is it about these great loves that we are so obsessed...
Another Leader Falls:
It's becoming commonplace to open the news or a social media feed and witness yet another pastor or Christian leader who has fallen. It took my breath away to read about the recent allegations against Austin Stone Worship Pastor, Aaron Ivey. The shock and...
Do you know your value?
  How valuable do you think you are? What do you think you are adding to the world? How do you know if you have value? Some things in life are easy to determine in terms of value. If you walk into a convenience store and grab a bag of chips, you know when you...
Do you Doubt?

Do you Doubt?

Doubt is a funny thing. We hardly ever do it as children, but as we age, we begin to doubt everything. Will I make enough money? Will I be able to live in peace? Does he really love me?

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No Greater Love

No Greater Love

From Romeo and Juliet to Kate and William, our imaginations are fascinated by epic love stories. As a society, we are enamored by these deep connections and the imagined fairy tale life we believe they lead. What is it about these great loves that we are so obsessed...

read more
Another Leader Falls:

Another Leader Falls:

It's becoming commonplace to open the news or a social media feed and witness yet another pastor or Christian leader who has fallen. It took my breath away to read about the recent allegations against Austin Stone Worship Pastor, Aaron Ivey. The shock and...

read more
Do you know your value?

Do you know your value?

  How valuable do you think you are? What do you think you are adding to the world? How do you know if you have value? Some things in life are easy to determine in terms of value. If you walk into a convenience store and grab a bag of chips, you know when you...

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Who do you think God is?

Who do you think God is?

  Who do you believe God is? How have you fashioned Him in your imagination? Is he a big guy with a long white beard scowling down at all of us? You may see Him as just a big ball of light with little clarity. Perhaps you believe that all the universe is God, and...

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Encountering God’s Compassion

Encountering God’s Compassion

  Have you ever thought about how no one owns the beach? The beach is my favorite place on earth, and I love that it’s available to all types of people from every possible background. No one can tell you to leave the beach. It isn’t private property; you have...

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Wrecked

Wrecked

I know so many people right now walking through hardships. It’s so challenging to have a front-row seat to see someone’s life destroyed. To be honest, I’ve begged God to make it stop. I’ve pleaded that He would intervene. But still, their struggles continue.

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Silence and Solitude

Silence and Solitude

My conclusion is this; if Jesus, the very Son of God, needed to be alone to pray, how much more do I need this as well? The need is evident for most of us, but the discipline of actually doing it is much more difficult. 

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About Worry….

About Worry….

I’m a worrier. I can work myself into an absolute frenzy worrying. The price of gas, the price of food, the future; all of these can cause me to worry. The stress starts to feel like chains weighing around my neck. It’s when I get to that point, that I know I need to...

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Where is He?

Where is He?

“....And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20b.  If you spend any time on planet Earth, you are bound to have a few (or several) very hard days.  Trouble touches us all.  Christian or non-Christian, we all face difficult times. ...

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Why Write?

Why Write?

At forty, I’m still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up. I sometimes wonder if I’ll ever figure it out. After spending years studying the cello, switching gears in my late thirties to writing was something I never saw coming. Yet, God is always full of surprises.

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