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I remember a season in my life that felt like a slow-motion collapse. Karen, and I had five small children we were raising. Toys and diapers seemed...
For much of my adult life I've tried to understand how Jesus trained his disciples. It didn't look anything like the methods we use in our modern chur...
Judgmental people frustrate me. I want to respond in kind - crossing swords with them. But Gene Horne changed my perspective with his story of God ...
Politicians wield power, but the political world is messy. And the temptation to look to it for answers is tempting. For most of my life I've been a n...
Why study Jesus? Because we don't just believe in him, but we as his "followers" have chosen to follow him. So we need to understand how he asks us...
Jesus was in a miserable place. The desert sun scorched his flesh. He had no food to eat. And then, who should he meet there in that vulnerable ...
When candidates for the World Race apply, we look for one thing more than anything else. We want to know if they have a YES in their spirit. To gro...
My parents now live in Smoky Springs, a retirement home here in Gainesville, GA. Some of the residents are spry and alive. But many of them have check...
At Christmas, we celebrate the incarnation. Jesus took on flesh. The Latin word carne means "flesh." Thus incarnation means literally "putting on fl...
Black Friday is a day when we cheapen and devalue things. And it's part of a season where many people do the same thing to those they are closest to. ...
