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I often have the privilege of traveling to different places to serve and minister. Every environment is different, as are the people. One of the things I often consider while interacting with each different group of people was how easy it can be to settle into one way of thinking and completely dismiss a group of people in the ‘other camp’. …
There is nothing enjoyable about hurting. People can say they like being sore after a workout or that they get a rush from muscling through challenging physical feats but, even still, it’s not pleasant. What’s worse than physical pain is emotional pain. Deep wounds that come from damaging words, abuse or the loss of a loved one are challenging to …
Every human being has asked, thought, or felt this question in their lives. There is a lot of emotion that surrounds disappointment. For some, it is anger. For others it is shame, as in, “is it ok to even be feeling this way?” Regardless, life is complicated and often very difficult. In the complexities and disappointments we can find ourselves …
“Everybody needs a little time away…” Peter Cetera and Chicago said as much in their famous song “Hard to Say I’m Sorry.” However, there is a tremendous difference in taking some time to pause, reflect, and be refreshed in healthy solitude versus isolating oneself from everyone as a habit. I recently took a little time away and I was reminded …
We live in a society that is looking to blame someone for everything. I think we can all agree there is plenty of blame to go around but I believe there is a better way. Rather than focus on the things that we despise let us put more energy into honoring that which we want to reproduce. I find what …
The ‘Fear of the Lord’ has always been a fascinating topic and one that has caused not a small bit of confusion. Are we supposed to be afraid of God? Isn’t God love? Are we missing something? I don’t presume for one minute to have a full understanding but I do feel God has given me some insight that I …