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I love mangos. Even with the quirky texture and strange, giant pit in the middle they are still one of my favorite fruits. Amazingly, I can go to the grocery store, pretty much year-round, and pick up a mango or two to enjoy. No, I don’t live in some tropical paradise. I live in North Carolina. (Not exactly the mango …
Some people have a tendency to polarize issues and oversimplify them. I know I do. You are either right or you are wrong. You are either making smart financial decisions or you are not. You are either living according to God’s will, or you aren’t. However, the longer you live you discover there are holes in this logic that you …
As a kid I enjoyed catching bugs. I even did a school project on ‘entomology’ (the study of bugs) and had a showcase of the different critters I had caught over time. Living in South Alabama, at the time, there were many to choose from and plenty to catch! I was always fascinated by the caterpillars; the many shapes and …
Have you ever tried to explain to God how your life should be? You carve out a comfortable little niche where only your strengths are highlighted and you avoid your weaknesses and for some reason the Lord won’t let you stay there?! In truth, I’m grateful the Lord won’t leave us in our narcissism, but it’s never pleasant when He’s pushing us …
God has given you a vision. The Lord has spoken a promise to you and your whole being is lit up with excitement and wonder. You dream of how it will come about and what life will be like in the ‘promised land.’ Perhaps you share it with a friend or proclaim it from the rooftops! Maybe you hide it away …
Christmas time can be a season of unreal, unmet expectations. If we’re not careful the joy of the season can be robbed by the pressure and disappointment of expecting one thing and receiving another. Since Christmas is to be the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus the Christ, I have often wondered if it was like that for Mary, …