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As a new year dawns….

Sometimes I don’t know what to do with the New Year. I feel like a bull in a China closet, and I’m afraid that if I handle the next 24 hours with either too much hope or too much nonchalance, I’ll dash...

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Moriah {How Abraham worshiped}

He was old when the promise came, and it pierced through a lifetime of hope deferred. It was an unreasonable promise, laughable at best. (Both he and his wife took turns laughing.) But he believed....

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He Made Himself Nothing

These words have been on repeat in my head (and heart) as I anticipate Christmas: “He made Himself nothing.” He, as in GOD. The Great I Am pressed Himself into nothingness, bound Himself up in mere...

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Why I’m a Christian

Months ago I resolved to write a succinct explanation of why I’m a Christian. It’s proved more difficult than I’d expected. How do you begin to fit the infinite into a finite nutshell or explain the...

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Imagine this….

I’m not sure where the idea of a harps-and-clouds heaven came from, but it’s as far from the truth as we could get. The God of eternity, and his new heavens and new earth, are so fantastical that the...

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The election, the holidays, and a mouthful of praise

I’ll admit: the holiday season can put me on edge. But this year it’s not just the frenzy of festivity that looms large on the horizon. The countdown to this election is a wee bit stressful as well....

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The day Death died

I walked reverently between gravestones, mindful that the soil under my feet was rich with history. My eyes scanned epitaphs while my heart filled in untold stories…. Two small siblings, taken just...

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Ezekiel 16

I remember you before you were beautiful. Before you stopped people in their tracks and made jaws drop and heads turn. You, who are now the fairest of all—were once the pity of all. You were a bloodied...

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Remember

My life is a story of God being with me. I can point to time after time when He broke in on my darkness, when He rescued me from my own stupidity, when He brought His words to a rolling boil to melt my...

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Imagine this….

I’m not sure where the idea of a harps-and-clouds heaven came from, but it’s as far from the truth as we could get. The God of eternity, and his new heavens and new earth, are so fantastical that the...

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Complain, weep, wonder, and worship.

Summer is an odd duck. School lets out, Instagram becomes a film reel of beach days and vacas, and by July 31st Halloween paraphernalia is holding stores hostage. Between June and August I’m never...

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