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Blessed In The Mess
Have you ever felt blessed in the mess? Join me as I recount finding one of my most recent blessings! Tennies, boots and Birks oh my! an unexpected blessing… My entryway was a minefield of footwear. Ten young men made our house their home for a weekend of celebration, camaraderie and cold weather events. The…
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Take The Best Leave The Rest
Reflection – how to take the best Reflection. It’s what we do. The calendar turns to the last day in December and the clock creeps closer to Midnight…we reflect on the past year and what is to come. Some may look back feeling completely fulfilled with what they accomplished. Others may run as fast as…
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How God Found Me Through His Word
I grew up never reading the Bible. It seemed to me to be just an overly-thick, dusty book that contained a lot of words like “thy” and “thine.” Having been written thousands of years ago, what could it possibly have to do with my life? This is how God found me through His Word. In…
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“The Knowledge Of Enough” Is True Contentment
“The knowledge of enough.” That’s the way a group of nomads high in the Himalayas of Eastern Bhutan define contentment. (Cordaro) In a world striving for more… getting more… striving for more than that, enough is a novel concept. How much is enough? To that nomadic Himalayan tribe that had no access to outside modern…
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How to forgive others the way God intended
“God will forgive us in the same measure that we forgive others.” That statement blew my mind. It was said by a man named Fred who was teaching me and about a dozen other religious education teachers about The Lord’s Prayer. The training included about two hours of breaking down this familiar prayer line by…
