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January 29, 2011

Prayer Habits Affect Prayer Quality

On the plane home from San Francisco this past Wednesday, I started rereading The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. The last time I read it was 8 or 9 years ago, and I thought it was time to see if there was something more I...

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January 28, 2011

Lasagna for Recipe Friday

I’ve been thinking about doing this recipe for Recipe Friday for quite a while, and since I made some last week and remembered to take pictures I decided it is finally time. This is my son’s all-time favorite food; it’s what he always wants on...

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January 27, 2011

Glad, Gladly, Gladness – A Poem

Today is Thankful Thursday and so I thought about words that are related to being thankful. It occurred to me that if we are thankful for what we have been given and for the blessings in our life, we will have a glad heart, we will worship...

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January 26, 2011

Going Home to a Joyful Greeting

I’m sitting in the San Francisco airport waiting for my flight to go home. I got here early — I always do when I’m flying — and so I have almost an hour to wait. It’s kind of cool that you can get online from...

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January 25, 2011

The Perfect Woman without Photoshop

A friend posted this video on Facebook this morning, and it got me thinking about what we are teaching our sons and daughters about what constitutes a beautiful woman. Do we tell them the truth about what is important, or do we allow them to...

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January 24, 2011

Music Monday Extra – Wayfaring Stranger

In keeping with the traveling theme I’ve had going for the past few days for my trip to San Francisco, I decided to post this Youtube clip of Johnny Cash singing “Wayfaring Stranger.” I wanted to post one with some video, but I couldn’t find...

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January 20, 2011

Contented – A Poem

Focusing on what we have instead of what we don’t have creates a thankful heart. Having a thankful heart leads to being contented with the blessings we have been given. When we trust in God to provide that which we need, we can be content no...

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January 19, 2011

The Work of God Is to Believe

This past Sunday our Gospel lesson for the day was from John 6. I love the book of John; it is my favorite of the four Gospels, and possibly my favorite book in the whole Bible. Chapter 6 includes an exchange between Jesus and a...

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January 18, 2011

Did I Forget to Pray?

It has been almost a year since I wrote the post An Attitude of Kneeling about how I had begun literally kneeling to pray each morning. It has been a wonderful habit that has gotten me through many a difficult day. Prayer is such a...

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