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Slowing it down a little.
Amid inflation concerns, I found myself thinking about praise this week. Praise Him in the morning, Praise Him in the noon time, Praise Him when the sun goes down. I have been to the grocery …
Spiritual Disciplines
thoughts about developing good practices, habits, and disciplines
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Humble Pie
My kids know the word for ice cream in four languages. Sometimes you might want to say something to another adult, such as suggesting ice cream, without the kids getting excited until you have agreed …
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MY SOBER STORY (2022)
I was 18 when I had my first drink…and blacked out that very first time. In my history of drinking, drunkenness and blackouts were irregular and unpredictable, however, i had a predictable pattern: I made …
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Russian ops
With the spotlight on Ukraine, not much has been said about the situation of churches in Russia. In Ukrainian churches there is no conflict, the war has brought them together. Like the first church, they …
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Because of the War in Ukraine
After two months of Ukrainians pouring into the very unstable city of Tijuana, Mexico, the Biden administration rolled out the Uniting for Ukraine plan, streamlining the process of acquiring a visa to enter the U.S. Over …
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What if we are loved by an enemy?
Many have heard the distressing circumstances Mariupol has been in with heavy shelling since February 24, 2022. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say the whole of the Russian military has been hyper-focused on this …
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Different Perspective
Ukrainians are largely atheistic. They are religious in many respects, but they combine religion and atheism in one package that doesn’t contain God. They go to the Orthodox church and light candles and don’t see …
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A Different kind of Army gets a different kind of result
The world watches while the artillery fire lights up the skies of Ukraine. If you have been hanging on every word coming in from the news, as I have, the tendency is to be pretty …
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Zip it!
Did you ever have something you didn’t want to do to such an extent that you were willing to jump through hoops and over hurdles to avoid doing that thing and wound up making a …
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Who Ordered the Horrid?
We had just moved into our apartment in Nikopol Ukraine. Stuart, a missionary just north, in Belarus, helped us get settled and thought it would be a good idea to take me to the …