Tag: devotional
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The Holy North Face
Have you heard the one about the guy who washed his hands too much during the pandemic? Repentance is like that. Cleansing of sin reveals answers from God A church where I once served held a unique series of revival meetings. Our pastor called it a “solemn assembly.” One like good king Jehosophat proclaimed for…
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Unwelcome News
It’s cancer. You’re fired. Killed in action. These are words nobody wants to hear–EVER. Yet there are times, “When Bad Things Happen to Good People,” as Rabbi Harold Kushner writes in his book by the same name. Rabbi Kushner wrote this inspirational classic after his three year old son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease…
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Making the Call
As a kid back in the 70’s, one of my favorite Saturday afternoon activities was watching ABC’s Wide World of Sports with my dad. The show’s opening scene, accompanied by an olympic style fanfare and a collection of sport clips, was unforgettable. For years, I could lip sync to the golden voice of Jim McKay…
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Turning the Key
I was intrigued recently with something DeborahMarie wrote on her blog, Great is God’s Faithfulness. The title of the post was, The Key to Life, and it was all about the choice set before God’s people in Deuteronomy 30:19-20. Moses challenged them to love, obey and commit totally to God–to choose life over death and…
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Let Down Your Ear
When our oldest son was about four years old, he came up to me one day. Motioning with his little hand he said, “Daddy, let down your ear.” I knelt down and he told me something–about one of his toys–and I nodded in agreement. But the rest of the day I kept thinking about what…
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Sparkle!
“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” Dr. Seuss One of my colleagues has this sign hanging just outside her classroom door: Frankly, every time I walk past and read it I have conflicting thoughts. Thought #1: “Right on!” Thought #2: “That’s easier…
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