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Remembering What’s Greater
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. As he was about...


An Easter to Remember (And Living Beyond a Pandemic When You’re Living in a Pandemic)
March 2020—early in the shutdown, much was unknown and uncertain. Here in Georgia at the time, many people thought the shutdown would...


The Way of Christ
The way of Christ— set ever before Him— led to a rugged Cross. The way He took paved a way for us— the only way there is. From Eden past...


Walking Away
Sometimes, to walk one way means you have to walk away from something else. When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to...


What's Needed in Troubled Times
August is slowly limping along, isn’t it? And the week ahead is crammed full of troubles of its own. Corona is not going away. Fires rage...


How Not To Waste A Bad Thing
I hear their voices still ringing in my ears: “Don’t waste it.” That it can represent anything good; like, food, money, health . . ....


Learning to Walk
I remember what it was like trying to teach my children how to walk. I’d ease them up onto wobbly legs—gently holding and guiding them...


When things set to spinning and all you want to do is jump
I learned to drive in Michigan—which means I learned how to drive in the snow. I also learned what it means to lose control of the car on...


When Being Stuck Doesn’t Seem So Temporary
Everybody I know feels stuck. Life seems to be on hold. We can’t move forward. And we can’t go back. We tarry here in the in-between....


An Invitation That’s Really Real
Living alone has its ups and its downs. And the downs fell hard last week. With the whole sheltering-in-place in isolation, plus being...


Marks of Humanity
My boss is a marked man. But he’s not the only one. He’s sporting a mark across his nose . . . from wearing a mask. It’s a sign of our...


What if we dropped the keys?
I’ve been doing a lot more walking these days. I think that’s the case for many of us. It’s one of the few places we can go. I headed out...


Endurance: It Is in Us
There was once a musical called Stop the World I Want To Get Off. I’ve never watched it. But I’ve got to be honest with you, folks. That...


Surrounded in Isolation
In these days of cancellations and unfamiliar isolation, we find it necessary to look for ways to battle the real enemies of...


Four L’s for the day . . . any day – but especially today
To settle our minds and our hearts is to settle them on the One Who Is Peace. But that often requires a determined effort until the habit...


Recognizing real bears – and learning to not feed them
It had long been his dream to have a pet bear. When he came into his own, he figured his chance had come at last. He trained that cub...


A Sure Thing
“I am watching, and I will certainly carry out all my plans.” (Jer 1:12b NLT) Don’t you just love that verse?! I sure do. It speaks two...


How What is to Come is a Blessing Now
Job, a suffering servant of God, in the depths of anguish of flesh, mind and spirit, proclaimed: “And after my skin has been destroyed,...


Underestimating God
Realization pierced the thick fog—permitting light to stream and flood. This realization came about by asking myself one simple question,...


Word Power for Use
"LORD, there is no one like You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name...
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