When the Still of the Morning Silences Your Fears

The day breaks with a stillness that grips every shaking heart. It sinks deep inside, capturing what was rivaled and turning, spinning and running. Songs of yesterday still linger in the shadows of the mind, while the waves have made way for a dormant, chrystal pond, where rays of light shine and welcome us home. And […]

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Homeless Steve’s Redemption Story

It was almost five years exactly to the day since I saw you, sat with you, talked with you the very first time. Five years, since I drove through our local Starbucks and handed you a Venti….Yes, probably just to make myself feel better because you were freezing, and I was in a new, well heated […]

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5 Adoption Lessons from Joseph, Jesus’ Father

We all know Joseph, the earthly father, who despite him not biologically related to Jesus, God appointed him to adopt the long awaited Messiah. In a nativity or the Christmas story, Joseph is often in the shadow of Jesus and Mary. Yet, Joseph’s role in the pre-written story of Jesus is crucial to the health of […]

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Embracing My Poverty in a Season of Abundance

The pile of wrappings increase, almost daily. Presents come to my door; thanks to Amazon Prime. Still, I know of a need; a lack requiring faith, bold steps, a portion of Christ I have yet to experience…. I must step towards the water, however, this journey requiring me to get out of my boat of my […]

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Whatever You Are Going Through, He Is Enough

When the white frost blankets the earth; and all seems frozen, uncertain, immoveable and impenetrable… He is enough. When the sky is so thick in grey, clouds, sun, stars, and moon, seem to hide and play games. You know they are there, but you can’t quite see clear…. He is enough. When voices taunt, people try […]

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Deciphering the Hostility Surrounding Missionary, John Allen Chau

An instant tsunami of emotion flooded the internet, after missionary John Allen Chau was reportedly killed by a Sentinelese tribe. Some believe the Sentinelese are the last pre-Neolithic tribe in the world. This small collection a hunters-gatherers, were unreached, yet recognized as a hostile people, living on an island in the north Indian Ocean. Both Christians […]

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