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The New America: A Call to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable

July 2, 2009
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When it comes to an issue or truth that you believe in, maybe even feel like God revealed that truth to you; how do you respond to another Chris­t­ian that might have the oppo­site view from you? Do you feel like the way you respond lines up with how God would want you to respond? […]

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The Price of Truth

June 28, 2009
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“[S]hare some of the words that were said to us, or words we said to oth­ers that were not com­fort­ing, or maybe even made the sit­u­a­tion worse.” I was in my early 20’s. My then-boyfriend and his life­long best friend (whom I shall call “S”) were work­ing for the same com­pany. He began dat­ing a won­der­ful young woman […]

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Focus on the Dash

April 12, 2009
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Sum­ming it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by fill­ing your minds and med­i­tat­ing on things true, noble, rep­utable, authen­tic, com­pelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beau­ti­ful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into prac­tice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. […]

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Affirmation of Faith

March 8, 2009

I was dri­ving to the “view­ing.” She died quite unex­pect­edly, although she had been in declin­ing health for a period of years. No one — not even those of use clos­est to her — antic­i­pated that her life would end as sud­denly as it did. I was still in a state of shock as I made my way to […]

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Reflections on Proposition 8: California’s Shame (Part Two)

January 1, 2009
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What is one thing you will com­mit to do in 2009 that will draw you closer to Jesus? (This is not a New Year’s Res­o­lu­tion) Click here to read Part One. If Amer­i­cans learned noth­ing else from the Novem­ber 2008 elec­tion, they learned this: We are a polar­ized soci­ety. Never before in my life­time have I seen so many […]

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Reflections on Proposition 8: California’s Shame (Part One)

December 28, 2008
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What is one thing you will com­mit to do in 2009 that will draw you closer to Jesus? (This is not a New Year’s Res­o­lu­tion) “Ma’am, I’d like to talk to you about Propo­si­tion 8.” It was a sunny Sat­ur­day morn­ing in North­ern Cal­i­for­nia, just a lit­tle after 10:00 a.m. I was not yet dressed, so I answered the door in […]

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Life is an Ongoing Prayer

November 16, 2008

Do not be anx­ious about any­thing, but in every­thing, by prayer and peti­tion, with thanks­giv­ing, present your requests to God. Philip­pi­ans 4:6 God’s Word tells us that we can pray about “every­thing;” how­ever, what are some things in your life that you do not pray to God about? Why don’t you pray to God about what you […]

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It’s Always Darkest Just Before Dawn

November 3, 2008

You Have Our Atten­tion, Lord A prayer by Max Lucado writ­ten in Octo­ber 2008 Our friends lost their house The co-worker lost her job The cou­ple next door lost their retire­ment It seems that every­one is los­ing their foot­ing This scares us. This bailout with bil­lions. These rum­blings of depres­sion. These head­lines: omi­nous, thunderous-“Going Broke!” “Going […]

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All Things Work Together for Good

October 14, 2008

“God’s Spirit is right along­side help­ing us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t mat­ter. He does our pray­ing in and for us, mak­ing prayer out of our word­less sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far bet­ter than we know our­selves, knows our preg­nant con­di­tion, and keeps us present […]

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It’s My Choice

October 11, 2008

“So here’s what I want you to do, God help­ing you: Take your every­day, ordi­nary life—your sleep­ing, eat­ing, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offer­ing. Embrac­ing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your cul­ture that you fit into it […]

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Do Your Best

September 22, 2008

“What­ever you do, work at it with all your heart, as work­ing for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inher­i­tance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serv­ing.” Colos­sians 3:23–24 How would your life look dif­fer­ently if you embraced and believed fully what […]

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You Mean it’s Not All About Me?

September 1, 2008

The catch­phrase “It’s not about me” has become quite pop­u­lar in our cur­rent world today. What does that phrase mean to you in your per­sonal life? Explain. But it is all about me! That’s what I jok­ingly tell my boss, any­way. She is extremely busy and pulled in many dif­fer­ent direc­tions, so it is not unusual for […]

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I Stand for …

August 16, 2008

What is one thing or cause that you are pas­sion­ate about? (More specif­i­cally, some­thing you feel that the Lord has bur­dened your heart with) Tech­no­rati Tags: Inter­net Café Chat

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Prioritizing My Life

July 25, 2008

Name what you think should be your first 5 pri­or­i­ties in life. Then order those pri­or­i­ties the way they actu­ally are at present in your own life. Do they match up? Why or why not? If needed, what is one thing that you can do today that will help your two lists match up? Cali­for­nia is expected […]

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Cliques: They’re What’s Wrong With the Christian Blogosphere

June 30, 2008

There is a time for every­thing, and a sea­son for every activ­ity under heaven: … a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. Eccle­si­astes 3:1, 4 Know­ing this, we are aware that there will be times when our hearts hurt and break. Each of us has expe­ri­enced that heart break in one form […]

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Don’t Waste Time Looking Back

June 8, 2008

If you could go back in time to a piv­otal point in your young life and give your­self one word/sentence of advice, and know that you would accept the advice, what would it be? Like most peo­ple, there are a num­ber of moments that, if I could, I would go back and relive, apply­ing the knowl­edge I have today to situations […]

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True Feminism: A Decidedly Christian Concept

June 1, 2008

What are some lies out in the world (sec­u­lar views) today about women that con­tra­dict what God says in His word about how women should be/act? Div­ing a lit­tle deeper…What are some lies that are still out there in our Chris­t­ian cir­cles about women? (Feel free to talk from a sin­gle woman’s point of view or a married […]

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The White Carnation: A Mother’s Day Remembrance

May 11, 2008

What is the great­est les­son you learned from your mother or a mom like fig­ure in your life? When I was grow­ing up, there were a num­ber of dif­fer­ent types of flow­ers in the yard of our fam­ily home. My mother was a won­der­ful gar­dener who tended to her pink car­na­tions, red and yel­low roses, pink gera­ni­ums, camel­lias, and many […]

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