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5 Steps to Write a 31 Days Series
Whether you’re a blog writer or a blog reader, this upcoming October might be one of your favorite (and most challenging!) months of the year. Each October, Crystal Stine invites us to post something...
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When Desire Is Greater Than Fear
Steep mountain roads scare me. High bridges. The St. Louis Arch. But not airplanes. Nor snakes (not too much anyway). Nor dentists. Our rankings of fears are as individual as we are. Maybe that’s...
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This Public Prayer Stirs Up Grace
A Different Request I can tell this Saturday will be different. The lead church-of-the-month—it alternates every month—isn’t here. A hiccup in plans. But Fran has made sure all the bases are covered:...
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You Might Be an Introvert If . . .
You might be an introvert if . . . You cry easily at commercials You have friends who talk more than you do You prefer texts to phone calls You think small talk is shallow You keep your stories short...
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Only Love Can Do That – The Voice of Martin Luther King Jr.
Have you read any of the direct works of Martin Luther King, Jr.? Our pastor challenged us yesterday morning to do that this week. I pass his challenge along to you. Dr. King’s words are as powerful...
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When We Lose Another Author – Goodbye, Rachel Held Evans
“My story is about moving from certainty, through doubt, to faith. It’s not about the answers I found but about the questions I asked, questions I suspect you might be asking too. It’s not a pretty...
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9 Quotes from The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr
I’m continuing to learn from the book without opening it again (yet). It took me 4 months to get through it the first time. I finished it in April. Since then, I’ve been listening to the podcasts...
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What Do You Think About God? It’s Critical
I put this quote on a sticky note. I posted it on my bedroom mirror to remind me to keep first things first. The primary thing God wants from us is not improved moral behavior (which will come), but to...
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You Are Meant to Know God
I resisted reading Spiritual Depression for awhile because the title sounds, well, depressing. But the book is anything but depressing. The book is actually a collection of sermons that Martyn...
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Has God Given You Reading and Writing to Do?
“If God gives you something you can do, why in God’s name wouldn’t you do it?” It might surprise you to hear who said that. It’s Stephen King. Stephen King is not an author I usually read. Too scary....
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