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July 16, 2012

An Enduring Love Like No Other

Last night before bed I decided I wanted to read a Psalm or two. I opened my New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs that sits next to my bed and opened it randomly to the Psalm section. What I landed on was Psalm 136. Its repetition...

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July 13, 2012

True Regret Leads to Victory

The other day I was thinking about why Christians sometimes continue to struggle with sinful behavior when Jesus has given us the power to overcome by His Holy Spirit living in us. I pondered writing a blog post about this topic, but wasn’t really sure...

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July 8, 2012

Be Careful You Don’t Fall

This weekend I was out camping, and one of my favorite things about camping is that it affords me a great deal of reading time. I started a book last week and was able to finish it before we headed home from the camping trip....

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July 1, 2012

Filling the Void

Yesterday a group from my church went to a local women’s shelter to cook and serve dinner for the residents. The facility, called Shepherd’s Door, provides more than just shelter for the women and children who live there. They provide life skills training, education, grief...

Categories Christian Living Comments: 4
June 26, 2012

Holiness and Love – A Poem

The other day I saw this quote (on Facebook, I think) by Walter J. Chantry: “The Bible as a whole speaks more of God’s holiness than of His love.” At first I didn’t think much of it, but this quote kept coming back to me....

Categories Poetry Comments: 13
June 17, 2012

Our Heresy Detector: God’s Word

At church we are in the middle of a sermon series on “What We Believe.” This morning our pastor talked about how important it is to hold onto Jesus and what we believe about Him based on the teaching of the Bible. In the children’s...

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June 12, 2012

Confession – A Villanelle

Several months ago (or maybe longer) the Form for All lesson at dVerse Poets Pub was on the villanelle form. At the time is seemed too hard and so I didn’t try writing one. But my poetry knowledge and skill has come a long way since then....

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June 7, 2012

Light – A Poem

Pondering how thankful I am that Jesus is the true Light that shines into the darkness and shows me the way to life. Light The Light of life Piercing the darkness Illuminating truth Clearing away strife The Light of the world Displacing hopelessness Radiating pure...

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June 4, 2012

Do You Hear God’s Whispers in the Dark?

All last week I was listening to Skillet’s Comatose CD in my car. There is one song on this CD that I have always liked, but it wasn’t until last week that I realized how awesome the lyrics are. It’s called Whispers in the Dark....

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