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Therefore Do Not Worry

What if I can’t get it all done in time? What if I forget to pack the one medicine we end up most needing in a country without a corner...

Fully Loving the Messy

Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. ...

Celebration

My birthday was yesterday and it was perhaps the greatest birthday of my life. I have always loved birthdays even as I have had an...

Deliverance From My Little Story

He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and...

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New Every Morning

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust...

Do It

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or...

Cameras Ready, Aim, Focus

Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briers. A good man brings good...

Treasured Rest

We’re at the beach and I felt relaxed immediately upon approach. The drive over the marshes, flanked by palm trees and fishing boats at...

Be Free Like Little Children

At the beach last month, Chad got some new goggles, which he put on immediately and wore around the house nowhere near water. He has...

Glorious Failure

When I am in a race, it is hard not to think “P.R.” (personal record in case you’re not one obsessed with times and performance). Like...

My Crown or His?

I’ve enjoyed reading My Luggage is Not Heavy, a book published by World Harvest Mission made up of short entries from their missionaries...

Be Still My Soul

One of the astute observations my counseling professor made about me was, “There is something moving in you that needs to stop.” I am...

Where Does My Help Come From?

It is always surprising to me each time I discover another way in which my Christianity is lived out in self-reliance rather than genuine...

It is Not Good for Man to Be Alone

The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Gen. 2:18 I have always read this...

Marketable Freedom

Spending four years of college in Nashville increased my limited exposure to the music industry. The idea of marketing preceding...

Part of the Whole

If I am energized by the interactions with those on a similar trajectory to mine, who are increasingly seeing their daily need for a...

New Laws

There is no way around the fact that we need laws, rules, guidelines, boundaries, structures, schedules, goals, plans, and so on to live...

Relax

I’d like to write about the very funny aspects of living where we do now, having a four year old neighbor who is at our house so much...

Strong Ending

From a fairly early age, I found “endings” nearly impossible to handle. I would cry at their portrayal in a movie or in a book, and I...

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