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Showing posts with label hope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hope. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Grace Free Zones

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Back in 2011 I wrote this post for another blog. Recent news stories have prompted me to wonder aloud if our society- including our churches...
Monday, February 15, 2016

One Very Long Decade

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Ten years ago today I had loaded up my Ford Taurus station wagon and was leaving Tampa for my new ministry in Waycross, GA. My first few m...
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Sunday, September 27, 2015

It Is Well

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One of my favorite hymns of the church is the great classic It Is Well With My Soul .  Written by Horatio Spafford in 1871 after his family ...
Friday, August 28, 2015

Maybe Chicken Little Was Right...

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Normally I am man of many words. But today I struggle to find the ones that truly express what I am feeling. This faulty post will have to s...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Along the #NarrowRoad

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It has been written here and many other places that one of the great lies of the Prosperity Gospel is that if you follow Jesus and walk ...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Doomsayers vs. Doomslayers

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The concepts of "Doomsayer" and "Doomslayer" contained in this post came from some notes I had in a very old file. I wo...
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Detours

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  Ever wonder where you would have wound up in life if you never hit any detours? The thought has occurred to me often over the past week...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

Kissing Frogs

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The events of the last few weeks- particularly the reaction to the Supreme Court ruling and the tragic killings in Charleston- have left m...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

Blessed Are the Riffraff

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Riff Raff- from the Underdog cartoons. Yeah...I'm old! Matthew 9:11-13 -   Later when Jesus was eating supper at Matthew's ...
Monday, March 2, 2015

Faith, Hope & Baseball

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Television shows that last through 100 episodes are considered by almost every standard to be a big success. Today is my 1750th post on the...
Friday, January 30, 2015

Extraordinary

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ex traor di nar y 1.  Beyond what is usual, ordinary or established. 2.  Exceptional in character, amount, extent, deg...
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Sunday, January 11, 2015

A Prayer of Hope & Submission

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When Moses asked God who he should say sent him to save the people of Abraham, God responded tell them  "I AM"  sent you. Yahweh...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

All is Well

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Today's Christmas song of the day is All Is Well , from Michael W. Smith's first yuletide album simply entitled Christmas . It ...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Choose Hope

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Marilyn, Will & Michelle are headed to EPCOT this morning to spend the day, eat at Mexico and see Neil Patrick Harris do a legend- ...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

"God, thank you for my life..."

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If you are a movie fan of a certain age then you are aware that Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan were at one time romantic comedy royalty in Hollyw...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

It's Daybreak!!!

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It's Monday, the day when everyone feels just a little less peppy, a little less enthusiastic and a little less joyful. But it's als...
Saturday, August 2, 2014

Dreaming Big and Running with Endurance

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I am honored today to feature a guest post from one of my favorite writers, Teresa Reep Tysinger (at left). To be completely honest she...
Sunday, July 27, 2014

A Chain of Prayer

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A quick update on my father-in-law, Posey Steele. He is still in critical condition, and there are still many unknowns. But there are also...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Smell the Color 9

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Listen...do you smell something? "I would take no for an answer, just to know I heard You speak..." Lately I've been ...
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