The Key is in Your Pocket

Do you want your life to be one people remember in a positive light?
Do you hope people remember you as one who looked at what might be with hope and optimism?
Would you like to see what God is doing around you and say to a friend “Look what GoD just did!”  and thank Him for [...]

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God Sightings in this Transition

I love that faith grows stronger and bolder by reviewing  what God has already done.  It’s one of the reasons I enjoy reading Bible history.  One can read of faith in action —or the lack thereof— and learn from giants or wimps of the faith.
We’re seeing God at work at every turn in this latest [...]

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My Thankful Heart

I don’t think there’s a more grateful guy in all of SE Wisconsin today.
God has answered my prayers and the prayers of family & scores of friends. We received the call yesterday that Calvary Memorial Church in Gering, Nebraska had voted after church on Sunday morning —an overwhelming majority— and I was invited to join [...]

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God Is At Work –

We have a framed saying in our dining room:
I believe in the sun,
even when it is not shining.
I believe in love,
even when I do not feel it.
I believe in God,
even when He is silent.
It was discovered written on the wall of a Nazi concentration camp.
What encouraging words, realizing the conditions in which they were penned!
God [...]

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Sweet Thoughts For Anticipating A Change

This must be the spring for old hymns:    I awoke this morning humming a song to myself, and realized after a while that the second stanza is especially relevant right now.  (Is “relevant” still an OK word to use in my circles?)

Day by day, and with each passing moment,
Strength I find to meet [...]

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Wise Perspective

My mom is a wise lady.  It’s amazing how much she’s learned over the years; she didn’t know anything when I was twelve. 
We’ve been praying at our house for God to provide since I was downsized out of the company I’d been working for, designing and installing media systems in churches.  It’s been [...]

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He Knows Your Name

I remember visiting a large church in the inner city of Chicago to trouble-shoot their newly installed media-system.  I’d been instructed to get there as quickly as possible, so I did.  When I walked in, however, I found that a funeral was about to begin, and the projection system was in use.   Rather than excuse [...]

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Tears Are A Language God Understands

I’ve been playing on the piano here at our house an old song written by Gordon Jensen, “Tears Are A Language God Understands”.
I have in my home a daily calendar called “The Grace of Encouragement” by Charles Swindoll.    I’ve used this calendar for over 10 years now, and love the quotes and the verses it [...]

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— On Prayer

Here are a few paragraphs from this morning’s prayer journal.
Any insights you have?  Any helpful perspectives?
(If you’re new to Vibrance, take a quick look at C’mon In, above.)
The last couple of days have been “pray on the run” days and I’m sorry that’s the case.  Why is it I sense —or feel— that when [...]

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A Prayer at the 50,000 Milestone

Father God,
When I moved my blog to WordPress in September of ‘06 I had no idea what you’d do with it.  I just knew I needed to share the things You and I talked about in the Quality Lab at GE with some who might want to read in.
We passed the 50,000 visitor mark this [...]

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