“It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.” —Zechariah 4:6, NLT There’s a problem in writing Christian books. Those of us who write them, whether they’re to Christians or not, we have to be healed first before we can offer healing to readers. Yet how many of us can claim
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For the first couple decades of my life, I chose to see so little of my core neediness, I wasn’t yet human. Did you ever know a kid who won’t get his hands dirty, who sends his mom to get him out of things, who’s demanding and coddled and thinks his poop doesn’t stink? It’s safe to say he might not be a very friendly person.
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“I love, therefore I am vulnerable.” ― Madeleine L’Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art Yesterday morning, as the children’s pastor shared from Psalm 119, I felt tears well up. She simply spoke the uncanny truth I’d been slowly realizing for months: “The word of God,” she said, “…is a miracle.” It was the weight of the statement,
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“My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass.” – Psalm 102:11 I’m just back from discussing the future focus of our church with about 2 dozen aged Presbyterians this weekend. Isn’t it amazing how we’re all strangers, even to ourselves? And yet we all have an important job to do…. I agreed to take part because
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