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What if the Church Began to Rise, Despite Church Buildings Being Closed?

May 25, 2020 3 Comments

Word has it, their feet stood in the moving river, near the rocks on a sandbar… Underneath no walls and an open sky. Voices lingered in the light, as the orchard nearby flooded with fruit. Hearts unfiltered. Praises rising because of the mighty name of Jesus. I can imagine it was a hot day. Only a […]

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5 Need-to-Know Differences Between REAL Homeschooling and Quarantine or Public Schooling

May 22, 2020 No Comments

“Forced to do work at home with my kids.” That’s the phrase I hear most as this worldwide epidemic spreads through our nation. Schools closed and the public systems have recreated a new world where Zoom calls replace class time, and internet or picked up packets replace at-school, desk learning. My prayer when this epidemic started was […]

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10 Quotes Ravi Zacharias Left Us about Life, Love, & Eternity

May 19, 2020 1 Comment

I knew it was coming. I had seen the report for days. Stage four cancer making its way through a man that rivaled the greatest intellects, toppled the haughtiest athiests and stood bold and strong despite threats to the Great Name, He so valiantly represented. No one could hold a candle to this shiny-eyed, loving, fearless […]

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What Has Your Attention Most? Is Jesus REALLY Over Everything?

May 18, 2020 No Comments

As I think about Jesus being “over everything”, I think about feeling small, standing, gazing up at a cross, in a larger than life Cathedral in Lima, Peru. I think of my bloodied Savior, looking down in regret at the sins of man. I cowardly bow by head in humble (and maybe a little fearful) submission. […]

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How a Non-Christian Taught Me More About Christ than Most Christians

May 12, 2020 10 Comments

His seventy-something weary legs, climb aboard the yellow Cat. The big, orange ball in the sky warms the earth. Still he wears the same long sleeve and suspended jeans he’s had on nearly every day he’s worked our five acres. Quietly, the long arm of that metal machine scoops carefully, lifting garbage the owner before us […]

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Love vs. Indifference – Why One Mother Doesn’t Have Her Son This Mother’s Day

May 9, 2020 No Comments

So many look away. They can’t stand the thought of people rioting in streets, anger, frustration or the world in upheaval. They have taken The Word that divides bone and marrow, soul and spirit, and stuffed it in some plastic bag, as if it need “protection”… When the Word is more powerful than a double-edged sword. […]

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