I’m Gonna Vote For . . .

I’m gonna vote for . . .

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“Hey God! I’m getting a rotten deal here!”

Have you ever been in a dark place? Or maybe you’ve been in a lonely place? Or possibly you’ve been afraid, or angry, or bitter or even so full of pain and despair that you couldn’t even breathe. Whatever the case, it’s no fun. We might even be tempted to say:

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I Have Two Moms

Many of you know that I was a foster child.  When I was a kid, I had never met my father and then my mother died when

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The Boy Who “Stayed” While Obeying Jesus’ Command To “Go”

Dana was a boy like many other children who grow up playing with their siblings and friends laughing and playing and getting into . . .

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Pretty Much The Best Advice Ever!

How on earth can a Christian truly live for Jesus and count for the Kingdom if they get all their input from . . .


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Am I an Authentic Christian or a Great Big Fake?

Have you ever tried to sit on a three-legged stool with only two legs? How about starting a fire without one of the three necessary ingredients for success – fuel, oxygen, and a heat source? Doesn’t work – does it? Well, I think a lot of folks might be in deep peril by “assuming” that they are a Christian when they are missing key components of being a true Believer.


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Don’t Give Up!

I remember the first time I drove a vehicle by myself on public streets – and yes, I was ten years old.  I didn’t exactly plan it beforehand.  It just sort of . . .


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What Comes Out When You’re Shaken?

If I shook a bottle of water, what would happen?  If I asked someone why water came out of the bottle they might say “because you shook it.”  But actually there is a better answer.  I would say that water came out of the bottle because water was in the bottle.

What comes out of you when you’re shaken?  When it seems like you’re being squeezed on every side, what is your response?  You see . . .


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Steady

There’s something to be said about being steady.  You know . . . purpose, resolve, persistence, determination, grit, resolution, tenacity.  I remember when Teri went to law school and and she discovered how difficult it was.  Early on, one of her professors told the class that only a third of them would graduate.  He said it wasn’t the smartest ones that would finish – it would be the ones with tenacity that would succeed.  She told herself:

“Okaaaay  . . . I’m tenacious . . . I can DO this!”


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My back is killing me . . . and I’m so excited!

My back is killing me . . .  and I’m so excited!

OK, let’s back up a bit.  I’m sitting here doing what I normally do once or twice a month . . . writing a “blog” (who came up with that word anyway?)   Sometimes it just comes pretty easily – and other times I just stare blankly at my computer screen wondering


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