Tag: Trust
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Paws and Reflect (10): On the Water
The adventures of a dog who followed Jesus.
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Clouds on the Mountain
One recent morning, as we drove into the city, the top of a familiar mountain was covered by a cloud. A closer look revealed a meadow below, blanketed with winter wheat. What a contrast! This is a good picture of a Christian’s walk with God. His higher purposes are often cloaked in clouds, yet He…
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Breakfast Down the Hall
Every morning, when I come in from car line at my school, I walk the main hallway–all 900 feet of it–to help monitor students. Children, already laden down with their school backpacks, pick up breakfast in the cafeteria, and then walk the hundreds-of-feet gauntlet to their classrooms. Not all the breakfast items survive the trip…
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When Life’s Letters Get Scrambled
One recent Christmas season, the most endearing little yard signs popped up all over town: “Santa, please stop here.” Yet on Christmas Eve, a rather diabolical Grinch came, under the cover of darkness, and rearranged the letters on several signs: “Satan, please stop here.” This happens in life. Have you ever expected Santa and, through…
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Too Much and Enough
Have you ever felt drawn to something that turned out to be more harmful than good? Marie Curie was a highly acclaimed physicist and chemist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first woman to win a Nobel prize, she is famous for developing and proving the theory of radioactivity. Unfortunately, the damaging…
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Hurry Up or Wait?
It happened over two decades ago, but it feels like yesterday. I knew it was time to leave the church where I’d served for three and a half years. But I didn’t have an exit strategy. “No problem,” I thought. “I’ll just put out some feelers while I decide what to do.” A week later…
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