Blue-Collar Praise; White-Knuckle Prayers

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I wish I’d kept better records of the doctors I’ve seen and the number of tests run on my various physical symptoms. Until the Spring of 1996, I was as healthy as any young mom—a sniffle or flu bug once or twice a year. But when one particular virus lingered long enough to keep me (the associate pastor’s wife) from …

There All Along

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Is there a person in your house that always finds the lost item? Everyone else may have looked for the ketchup in the refrigerator and can’t find it—but this person opens the door and snags it from behind the soy sauce. Perhaps you hear, “Honey, I can’t find my black belt!” So you smile, nudge aside your beloved, shove over …

Not the Norm

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Do you know what I hate most about moving to a new house? The screwed up schedule for weeks at a time. I like routine; and when we move, my routine is interrupted by packing, phone calls, more packing, loading, more packing, unloading and then unpacking! Argh! Weeks can turn into months before I re-establish a consistent daily schedule, and …

Salvation Shindig

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If I host a Tupperware party, will you come? Howsa bout Pampered Chef? Jewelry maybe? Candles, cosmetics, baskets and more; the list of house-party hoopla grows as fast as marketers’ brains can spin. The finance community has begun to employ similar tactics with their informational lunches and dessert meetings. Financial planners often invite a group of folks to watch a …

Past, Present and Future

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When you look into the eyes of that special “someone” and say, “I love you;” no doubt, you mean it with all your heart. Your past understanding of love gives you the present confidence to utter words that you believe will hold true in the future. In that moment, you can’t imagine the changes your love will endure over the …

THE ME I’M MEANT TO BE

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Becoming a Christian makes us a new creation in Christ, but it doesn’t necessarily change our personality. An extroverted atheist becomes an extroverted Christian. A contemplative agnostic becomes a contemplative Christ-follower. I suppose there are always exceptions to any rule, so if you’re one of those that did sort of a Jekyll and Hyde when you became a believer, post …