Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. ~James 1:27 NLT Their faces told their
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When Life Gets Too Convenient
The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion on the road! Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!” Proverbs 26:13 NLT I remember when I first encountered 7-Elevens and how they changed my gas-station world.
Read moreMissing the Beauty
The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. ~Genesis 2:9 NLT Beauty surrounded them, but they had only one destination in mind.
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Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 NASB1995 With a can of Raid©, she meticulously sought out
Read moreNature’s Sermon
Paul Stutzman wrote as he thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, “How often we witness a scene of great beauty but don’t comprehend what we see. A beautiful sunset, a bright full moon, brilliant stars on a
Read moreHonoring the Past While Stepping into a New Year
And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it. ~1 Peter 3:15 NLT I remember the day and the place: July 20, 1969. I was nine years old.
Read moreThe Chase
For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me. ~John 6:44 NLT A shout peeled through the quiet morning air. The chase was about to begin. Deer
Read moreWrestling with God
This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break. ~Genesis 32:24 NLT For years, my youngest brother loved wrestling. But wrestling with
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Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them. Then he put the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn, where he took
Read moreRevival in Czechia
A Drive Through the Middle of Nowhere My wife and I visited my older son and his wife in southwest Virginia earlier this month. After picking up coffee from our favorite coffee roaster in Floyd,
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