Month: August 2021

What Do They Hear?

I turned 40 this year and decided I needed a mid-life crisis. I can’t afford a sports car and I would kill myself on a motorcycle, so I decided that learning to play the guitar would be my mid-life crisis experience. I purchased a decent guitar and got some pointers from several friends. And, six …

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Words Matter

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. – James 3:5 I recently watched a short news special on anxiety and depression among teenagers as a result of school shutdowns and social distancing measures. Specifically, the report made reference to the way that remote learning isolated teens, caused them to …

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Your Friends Are Listening

In recent weeks and months, I have had lots of conversations about COVID vaccines. For a whole host of reasons, I am a vaccine believer (I said from day one I would get a vaccine as soon as possible because I believed it to be the fastest and safest way for me to return to …

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The God of Defeat

Jeremiah had a terribly difficult task. He prophesied doom and destruction to a people who did not want to hear from him. Even after it became obvious that Jeremiah’s prophecies were true, people still refused to listen to and heed his words. In Jeremiah 37, Jeremiah warned Zedekiah and other leaders of Judah that their …

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Jesus Waits to Show You Grace

Are you a gracious person? When you show grace to others, do you do it with joy or do you perhaps show grace begrudgingly? Truthfully, when we show grace, we often have a predetermined limit to our grace. And, even if the limit isn’t predetermined, you will know it when you reach the limit But, …

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