I Met Another Overcomer Today

Some of the people I admire the most are people who emerge from trial and tragedy with a healthy, positive outlook on life. Overcomers, I call them. I met Matt several weeks ago but got to know him better today, working at his church.
I learned today that he’s confined to a motorized [...]

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My Side? Really?!

Tonight at dinner Brenda read me a little something from a Beth Moore study she’s participating in. It’s a study on the songs of ascent from the Psalms (I love those)
The point Beth Moore made in this one is that we SAY we believe God is on our side, but deep down we [...]

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Philippians 4

Thanks for sharing your observations and insights on this chapter this month.
Philippians 4 is practical and positive. It’s the end of one of Paul’s letters to some dear friends. (The best stuff is always at the end of the letter, right?) By taking a smaller section, just 23 verses, we gave ourselves time [...]

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Announcing: June Interactive Posts

June is well-underway, I know, but we’ve enjoyed sharing our thoughts like this before (Philippians, Proverbs, Peter’s walk through holy week) so I’d like to invite you to join me again.
In manufacturing, and engineering, perhaps in your world too, the term “drill down” means you’re looking for something. Perhaps a root cause to [...]

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A Two-talent Guy

I’ve been thinking lately (all right, I’m always thinking, but you know what I mean) about the two-talent guy in Jesus story.
We tend to focus on the five-talent guy that comes out the clear winner, and we say “I wanna be like him when I grow up!” Or we hone in on the [...]

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