I hate feeling shame. Prior to speaking on the topic “Turning the Prism: Looking at the Circumstances of Your life Through God’s Lens,” I thought a lot about shame. As I prayed and reviewed my notes, I recognized the shame-filled negative example I’d used often in my life. Riffing off 1 Thessalonians 5:18: “in everything give thanks for this is…
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Is the Job Always Better at Someone Else’s House?
I’m off on a retreat this weekend, the Mt. Gilead Women’s Retreat in beautiful Sebastopol, California. We’ll listen to fireman’s wife Susan Farren talk about the things the Lord has shown her through the agonies of living with a man who puts his life on the line everyday. She’s also the mother of five children and folks tell me she’s…
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If It’s Written Down, It Must be True.
My third son always dashed into the house after school with the same words on his lips: “What’s for dinner?” Invariably, I’d look up from the computer with a woozy brain–still caught in the 1830’s Texas, 1720’s Virginia, or even a mere 1918 Utah–and feel totally blank. “What’s for dinner, Mom?” “Dinner,” I’d grope for the concept and finally remember….
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UCLA Basketball, John Wooden, & Faith
Memories of UCLA Coach John Wooden and his faith
1 Traffic Ticket for Matt = 2.5 Hours+ of Prayer for Me
Matt got a parking ticket and our church changed, Several years ago he and his wife parked in our draconian downtown to run errands. They found a parking ticket on their car and Matt had to appear before a judge. The judge gave Matt a choice: pay a fine or volunteer to “work off” the crime. Since Matt is retired…
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Hurry Up and Wait!
In the traditional Evangelical thought on prayer, you can receive one of three answers from God: Yes, no, or wait. We all love the answer “yes,” because that means God agrees with us. We may not be so keen on the answer, “no,” but we can, sort of, live with the disappointment. Hey, it’s a straight answer right? But that…
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