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It’s swinging time – bat-swinging time, that is. Sam is in the middle of his season, and Adelyn has just started practicing for her first season of softball. If they’re not at practice or a game, we’re often in the…
This is my solitary place. Where is yours? Matthew 14:13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to asolitaryplace. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. Matthew 14:12-14(in Context) Mark 1:35…
For those of you who didn’t watch last night’s American Idol, you missed a profound shift in the cultural understanding of the power of faith in God. Throughout its insanely dominating reign over the airwaves, AI has had contestants verbalize…
The following is an incredible praise song that I want to shout from the rooftops. Would that my eyes were open to see the works of God’s hands! Too often, I get so consumed with my own problems that I…
It’s an expression so trite that it rarely carries any meaning to those to whom it’s expressed. “Keep up the good work.” However, if the phrase is delivered from a close friend who looks deeply into your eyes, clasps your…
Someone recently told me that they’d read my “Our Story” series and felt like it had helped them to know me better. That’s a little scary, in all honesty – to think that my blog helps introduce people to me.…
Again, you’ll have to forgive our amateurishness. We’re working on it. Many thanks to Taylor for help with the video and the editing of it! For future episodes, we’re going to cut the length in half and hopefully begin to…
There’s a favorite expression making its rounds in the church today. It is a resurrection of St. Francis of Assisi’s quote (Founder of the Franciscan order, 1181-1226), which goes like this: Preach the Gospel at all times, and if necessary,…
