Our church recently had a visiting rabbi who challenged us to not just read Scriptures but to study them, to look up the words and find out exactly what they meant. I was excited to hear him say this because as previously stated, I am a nerd who already likes to do this! His challenge […]
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“Has no one ever told you about the law of Undulation?” – C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters. I confess that the first time I read this book four and a half years ago, I had no idea what undulation meant. Lewis did however explain it a few sentences later, “the repeated return to a
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My message today is for a very specific group of people. It is for those who are walking through a dark valley that they cannot seem to see their way out of. It is for those carrying a weight of grief that settles upon them like a heavy blanket the moment their eyes open each
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“Occasionally weep deeply over the life you hoped would be. Grieve the losses. Then wash your face. Trust God. And embrace the life you have” -John Piper. I am a writer, a lover of words, and I love to collect words, phrases, sentences, and quotes that speak to my heart. I have a lot of
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The other night my young daughter came to get in the bed with me and when I asked her why her answer made me have to hide a smile. She said, “I didn’t want you to have to be alone.” Now I knew that wasn’t her real reason for coming into my room and before
