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April 28, 2010

The Wisdom to Blog

What began as a discipline has become an obsession. I can’t think of anything to write today, but I can’t bear to not post something in my blog. Sundays are the only day I don’t feel the compulsion to post something, anything. Except a new...

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March 29, 2010

Our Savior Understands Doubt

We had a guest speaker at church yesterday; his name is Jesse Rice. I found what he had to share very interesting. His topic involved comparing the faith of Jesus to our faith. Right off the bat this seems strange because I never thought of Jesus...

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March 23, 2010

Patience Is a Good Deed

I have been pondering what I wrote yesterday about the connection between faith and works, wondering what really constitutes “works” and who should get the credit for them. First, I want to say that I can’t take the credit for the good works or deeds...

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March 22, 2010

Faith, Hope, and Love

In Christian theologies, there is often a tension between faith and works, and the relationship between the two is often misunderstood. Ephesians 2:8-10 says: For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—...

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January 27, 2010

Holding onto Faith, Hope, and Love

I don’t fully understand all that happens in life. I don’t understand what has happened in Haiti. I don’t understand why sports figures, actors, and corporate CEOs make millions of dollars while those who seem to contribute more to society and work harder barely make...

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January 13, 2010

A Million Miles Away . . . or Only 600

Yesterday, Jan. 12, 2010, at 1:50 p.m., the island country of Haiti was the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. People there lived in abject poverty, many had little or no food, no clean drinking water, and shoddy shelter. They were a nation in need...

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