Wednesday, April 8, 2015

A Hidden Danger of Individualism

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"Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. Still others had trial of mockings ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

I want to do chronic pain right this time

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"The man with the burden", illustration from John Bunyan's dream story (based on Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) (p. ...
Friday, October 3, 2014

Love Poured Out (A bit of free verse)

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Lord, my soul brims. Your Word, Your beautiful Self-portrait Ripples in my heart, Makes it tremble with love for You. Fullness overf...
Wednesday, October 1, 2014

I Can Do What Things?

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English: Saint paul arrested (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The great Apostle Paul said, "I can do all things through Christ wh...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

A Loving Challenge to My Fellow Eaters

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A chocolate-chip cookie. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Dear consumer of food, I'm not concerned at this moment with whether you...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Prayers For Daydreamers (And Other Mental Escapists)

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Photo by Vera Kratochvil         I confess, I'm a daydreamer. Okay, to be more honest, I'm an extreme daydreamer.  Or perha...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

When a Disliked Verse Becomes Beautiful

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Photo Licensing: See footnote "Save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the gar...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Loving Religious Freedom, But Not Christ

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English: Ruins of Laodicea engraving by William Miller after T Allom (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) To what shall I liken this generati...
Monday, April 14, 2014

When God's Covenant Looks Like It Died

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I'm on bedrest again. 3rd time in a decade. Between a heart attack (2004), hysterectomy and repair of prolapses (2011), and n...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

When I'm weak, then I'm strong? Why?

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Power Board (Photo credit: yum9me ) For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, ...
Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Me? Rejoicing at Wrongdoing?

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Pile of stones (Photo credit: Michel.h ) Love your enemies (Matt 5:44) Love does not rejoice at wrongdoing.   (1 Co. 13:6) Yo...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Scenes From the Spiritual Gym (A Farce That's All Too True)

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Scenes from the Spiritual Gym (Part 1 of a Series) (Photo credit: jackiebese ) At one of thousands of branches of the Am...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

My New Bible Reading Plan

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(My plan doesn't rely on the high tech stuff, but this is my setup.) Have you ever struggled to find a Bible reading plan t...