Tag: Discipleship
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The Clear Path
James and I were devout Christians who lived sheltered lives. Coming to university in the big city, we both felt like fish out of water. One day after class, we tried to make sense of the alternative lifestyles that many of our fellow fine arts majors led. To them, right and wrong were not black…
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Taste and See
Driving on a two lane highway through the rolling countryside near my home, I spied a long line of cows one early morning, trotting toward a rancher’s pick-up truck. I instantly knew what the girls were doing: they were making a b-line for breakfast. This was a daily ritual, where the owner fed them some…
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Who’s Short-changing Who?
I walked in the door with a pocket full of change. Clinking the coins down on the kitchen table, I began to count…one dollar and ninety-nine cents. “There’s got to be another penny somewhere,” I thought. Riffling through my pockets, I prayed with a wink: “I’m one cent short, God. Where are you?” I received…
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But Wait, There’s More!
Does anyone else remember those old commercials for the Ginsu knife? I must have been ten or eleven years old the first time I saw one. A guy uses a Ginsu to cut through nails, a soda can, and a radiator hose, then picks up a tomato and slices it paper thin. If only I’d…
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When the Cows Come Home
On returning to God.
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The Lord is My Shepherd–Kinda Sorta
confessions of a former far away follower
Davids Daily Dose 