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July 19, 2011

Stop the Masquerade – My Tuesday Three

Unless you were born just today (in which case you can’t read this blog), you have a past. Chances are your past includes some trial or suffering. Have you experienced depression, cancer, or some other serious illness that carries a stigma? Have you lost a...

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July 13, 2011

Words Spoken – A Poem

Each week in church, part of our service is the Order of Corporate Confession. Catholics confess their sins to a priest, but Lutherans confess their sinfulness corporately. The Order of Confession in our church includes a moment for silent reflection when we have an opportunity to...

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July 6, 2011

Learning to Forgive – A Poem

Many years ago the Lord taught me the importance of forgiving others. The command to forgive as we have been forgiven is not meant to be a burden, but rather a means of giving our burdens to God and lightening our spiritual load. I never...

Categories Poetry Comments: 28
July 5, 2011

Don’t Worry – My Tuesday Three

Worry plagues the human race and has the power to destroy, derail, and plunge us into despair. Worry serves no useful purpose. Unlike planning and preparing, worry is a state of the mind with no action associated with it. I recently heard a statistic that...

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July 4, 2011

Celebrating Freedom Reminds Me of Those Who Aren’t Free

Happy Fourth of July! It is a beautiful day in the Pacific Northwest. We are celebrating and enjoying the freedoms of our wonderful country. One freedom that I particularly appreciate is our religious freedom. Because I live in the United States I am free to...

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June 22, 2011

Christ Is the Master

I was assigned the privilege of doing the devotion at the start of our Board of Elders meeting Tuesday evening. I thought perhaps I would use a post that I had already written for my blog, so I spent some time on Sunday afternoon perusing...

Categories Book Reviews Comments: 8
June 20, 2011

Sharing the Love that Found Us

One of my favorite Christian bands is relatively new on the Christian music scene in America, but was playing for Christ for four years in Australia before moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 2008. I first heard them when they opened for Third Day after releasing...

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June 14, 2011

Faith, Trust, and Walking with God – My Tuesday Three

This life can be extremely challenging. Trials and pain, and even just the business of all that we must accomplish, cause us to worry and fret when what we need to do is trust that God is in control. He has promised that He will...

Categories Psalms Comments: 8
June 13, 2011

My Desire Is to Know God’s Purpose

I’ve been listening to Jeremy Camp in my car this past week, and one song in particular spoke to me. “My Desire” expresses how I feel about my life and my God. I want my life to be real. I want to set aside all...

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June 9, 2011

Mercy – A Poem

Thankfulness and gratitude are easy when things are going great. But what about when life seems overwhelming and nothing goes as planned? What about the difficult days when you can’t seem to do the right thing, or have the right attitude, or pray the right...

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