Oh dear. I just got home from a family rest time during spring break. So...
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Oh dear. I just got home from a family rest time during spring break. So...
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“There is no defense against criticism except obscurity.” – Joseph Addison
With at least 38,000 Christian denominations worldwide do you think there are some significant differences of opinion on a wide range of doctrinal...
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It's spring break, and we are in the desert for a few days. Why? People who live at 7,000 feet don't ask. Because last week my yard got another 7 inches of snow; 3 more are due tonight.
So, we ran away. To the desert. The desert was... READ MORECraig McConnell
My friend Sam sent me an email that simply said, “Take a minute out of your day when you can to let yourself enjoy this one." There was a link to a video.
I just “enjoyed” it…
It's five minutes and forty-nine seconds long, which...
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For our Granddaughter’s third birthday we bought her The Coveted Red Tricycle.
She called to thank us leaving a voice mail saying, “Thank you sooooo much, this is the bike I’ve always wanted”.
I couldn’t help but contrast...
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The pace and the demands and the cares of life really seem too much for a person to handle; too much for me to handle. At least to handle...
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Okay, I love this holiday. St Patrick was a warrior, sent into a raging pagan country to bring a Gospel of Life and Freedom. He gave the Irish a Story that put all other stories in context; he gave a passionate people a Gospel of the heart. He...
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I’m sitting up in the sound booth during one of our conferences as my mind begins to wander… I’m musing over how long it has been and how much I miss teaching on an ongoing basis. I’ve always viewed myself as a “pastor-teacher” and...
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I’m walking the dog this morning, trying to pray, when the memory comes suddenly and powerfully to my mind of being deeply hurt and misunderstood by a friend. And as if...
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I enjoy reading biographies. Currently I'm reading about one of the towering figures of the twentieth century: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill. I’m early in the story of this prolific artist, author, poet,...
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A number of times I've turned on the Olympics because, well, it’s the Olympics - those epic international games that draw the world together to celebrate the ideals of sportsmanship, excellence and competition! It's a cultural ritual... like...
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Some things can be measured scientifically. Weight. Height. Even the fact that infants respond more to a woman's smile than a man's...All kinds of things can be measured.
But how do you measure the fragrance of a woman? The...
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What a whirlwind my life has been these last two months! Traveling for a variety of reasons culminated in traveling for the Love and War tour. Goodness, it was quite a schedule. It was exhausting...
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There comes an hour in the afternoon when the child is tired of ‘pretending’; when he is weary of being a robber or a cowboy. It is then that he torments the cat… - Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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So, I'm walking across the parking lot today back towards Whole Foods. I'd finished my shopping, put the bags in my truck, but I'd forgotten a fork. To eat my lunch. Anyhow, I'm walking cross the parking lot when I hear a voice yell, "John!"...
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Lori and I just celebrated our 34 years of marriage.
I remember when we were dating and occasionally drove up the mountain road to Chantry Flats in the San Gabriel...
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I’m listening to the live version of “Our God Reigns” * cranked as high as my system will go… and it is not loud enough!
Louder! Louder!
I’ve invited the angelic...
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“It is the ability to choose which makes us human.” - Author Unknown
Some huge part of what it means to be human is our ability to choose...
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While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table. When the disciples...
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Growing up, I loved Valentine’s Day! I liked decorating a shoe box to hold my classmates mandatory valentine’s that were sure to come...
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