Tag: god
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Rummaging Around
It must run in my blood… I like to rummage around. My dad used to like to walk along the road and look for stuff. He said it was for exercise, but he always came back with something that he had found. My grandpa liked to dumpster dive. He came from very little (materially speaking)…
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Just Being Polite
It was only a matter of inches. That was the distance between the front end of my truck and the passenger side door of the gold SUV as it flashed in front of me… frightening collision averted, even if only by a hair. How did it come to pass? Let me see if I can…
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Can You See It?
“If there’s a God, I’ve never seen him,” the arrogant student triumphantly declared. We live in a world which constantly wants to visualize that which purports to be real. People clamor for a God that they can disassemble like the transmission of a car or can cuddle like a puppy. They want to make demands…
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Out For a Walk
When I was a teenager, I think that I owned the title from Willie Nelson’s song, “my heroes have always been cowboys.” Besides liking the Dallas Cowboys football team, I worked on a cattle ranch. I loved riding horses and tried (not too successfully) to rope calves. But, that’s not really what this story is…
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Caught Up in a Scandal
Occasionally, I come across something that is so well expressed that I decide to share it “as is.” This is one of those times. The article was written by Michael H. Burer, PhD of Dallas Theological Seminary. Losing weight is hard because I like food. I am particularly partial to potato chips. And by partial,…
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Magnetic Love
The Apostle Paul writes: “I want you to know how hard I work (am struggling niv) for you, those in Laodicea, and others who have never seen me. I want them to be strengthened and joined together (united niv knit together nkjv) with love so that they may be rich in their understanding. This leads…
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Something Old, Something New
There is an old rhyme that you may (or, may not) have heard… “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.” At Mid-America Christian University, a new school year is around the corner and therefore, it might be a good time to consider doing some new things, or at least consider doing some “old” things…
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The Parable of a Pearl
“We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope and hope does not disappoint us…” ~ Romans 5:3-4 They hung like little worlds strung together and they sparkled like twinkling stars. The creamy, off-white pearls certainly added to the lady’s appearance–adding both grace and glamor, yet…
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Are You Aligned?
The bumping almost caused me to chip a tooth and the mud was flying. I had gotten off the road and was heading for the ditch. Fortunately, I didn’t overreact and I steered myself back onto the road with no significant harm done. This was all the result of something dumb that I had done……
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God Has Big Plans For You
A scripture verse that has meant a lot to me through the years is Jeremiah 29:11. It goes like this: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (NIV) When considering the meaning of…
Kendall the Fire 