Category: Christian Living
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Heaven. This Isn’t It!
The year I turned fifteen, my dad took my older brother and me on a fishing trip to Mexico. But first we had to get to my uncle Bill’s house in Alamogordo, New Mexico. From there we would fly south of the border in his Cessna. I was reared on the Great Plains of the…
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Illusions of Fairness
The flip side of getting one’s own way.
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God’s Love is Stronger
As he drove up the ramp to a tall bridge, Dave was at an all-time low. Hopelessness and despair filled the car like a gloomy haze, fogging over his brittle mind. * “Why don’t you just pull over at the top and jump?” said an unreliable voice in his head. Dave turned on the radio…
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What Following Jesus is Actually About
One of our summer school classes recently enjoyed a game day. I walked in to see students playing checkers, Sorry! and other favorites. Several kids were circled up on the floor playing Go Fish, a much-loved card game from my youth. I watched them for a few minutes. But it only took a few seconds…
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Willful Blindness
I’ll just pretend I didn’t see that.
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Stop the Bleed
During an assembly at my school, a kindergartener developed a nose bleed. Her teacher grabbed a super-absorbent piece of gauze and helped the child hold it over her nose. A few minutes later, the adult let go and the youngster was instructed to, “Keep holding your nose.” But six year old’s are SO curious; the…
Davids Daily Dose 