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If you were to go into our house and look on the walls, you would see pictures of our family. You would find pictures of our wedding, family outings and those pictures would document our lives together. But those pictures would only be a glimpse into our lives. It would only capture moments, not the whole picture. I think we do this with God. When we’re feeling sad or things aren’t going our way, we see God as angry or distant. Maybe you see God as the pushover grandfather who doesn’t get angry and never punishes you for eating candy before dinner. Both are incorrectRead More →

Natural Pool of Water

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Over the years I’ve heard countless people tell me they want to be in “God’s will.” They search and search for it…as if it’s hiding somewhere. Most times I see people toiling away at life, hoping they find God in some sort of cosmic game of hide and seek. But what if you were in God’s will and all this time you’ve been focused on the wrong things? The ‘if only’ mentality is killing us. The ‘I should have…’ is simply regret. The ‘If life was different I would…’ is just the blame game. You have one life to live and you have today toRead More →

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I grew up hearing people say, “I come to church to hear God’s word and apply it to my life.” I understand the thought but I’d like to suggest something. Here’s what I think; scripture is a constant and you are a variable. The bible doesn’t change but you do. Rather than taking scripture and applying it to our lives, we should be applying our lives to scripture. Here’s why; I am evolving. I’m still learning to hear God’s voice and change direction as He prompts. Scripture is God’s word to us and for us; we should take great care of it. Many mistreat it;Read More →

Amazing Sunset

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You’re as close to God as you choose to be. Each year we look to traditions to help us reorient our lives. New Year’s celebrations bring us resolutions of exercise and dieting. Weddings remind us of our covenant with God. A birthday marks the reality of time and how fleeting it is. Our church participates in the Lenten season. This is a spiritual reorienting. We fast and pray. We make choices to resist and reject the things that we believe have satisfied us – food, Netflix, shopping, the list could literally go on and on! I fast and pray because I believe that my lifeRead More →

Grocery Store Parking Lot

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Is the kindness of strangers a thing of the past? Maybe, but I won’t stop helping little elderly ladies no matter how menacing I look. Let me explain. I was walking out of the grocery store and noticed a woman’s purse next to her car door. I quickly moved in to help (no need to get into the phone booth and tear open my shirt to show a large “S” for this one). As I saw myself picking up the purse and waving it outside her car window I realized that she was not impressed. In fact, she was seemingly mortified. I suppose I scaredRead More →