Fill up; light up; spill over
evangelism is simply about lighting the way for others
“Goodbye 2019” – a shoutout to love, hope, peace, and joy
closing out an interesting year
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Three “Millennial” families who give us hope this Christmas
Look! I’m doing a new thing; now it sprouts up; don’t you recognize it? I’m making a way in the desert, paths[a] in the wilderness. – Isaiah 43:19 Sometimes, once in a while, the opportunity presents itself to take a snapshot of life many years ago then fast-forward it to today. Three kids, all in…
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Hope because Christ has interceded #TheFirstWeekofAdvent
Some people explain the work of Jesus as standing between humankind and an angry God - as a kind of buffer, persuading God not to destroy us. But Jesus is God, there is no opposition or conflict within the Godhead! Jesus is God's love manifest in human form. Jesus offers salvation because reconciliation is God's will for me and for you.
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first day of school – hope and promise
I'm not saying I believe the future is necessarily going to be any kind of easy. But I do believe in the one who holds the future, and I believe that my grandson David's generation have so much enthusiasm, and brilliance, and love to give.
June 1st – a new month soaked in hope and promise…
We enjoy a relationship with the Living God initiated in faithfulness, defined by promise, and backed up by grace.
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Hope is another word for children, isn’t it?
Hope is another word for children, isn't it?
Patience can be the place where hope is born
One of my pet peeves about Christmas in America is how we tend to go hard at the familiar story that plays out around the manger – or at least the classic tableau featured in Christmas cards – but then routinely ignore so many of the other interesting elements. It’s like how movie and television…
Why Jesus wants us to see with new eyes…
people don't just show up all by themselves and become enthusiastic members of a church. We become disciples... to make disciples... to be disciples... to grow as disciples... to make more disciples... and to continue to invite more people to know Jesus.
recovery update (one month after surgery)
...So that's pretty much where we are as of today - moving toward Christmas not only with anticipation for the coming of the King, but also in anticipation of continued healing - even if it is excruciatingly slow sometimes. "I hope, Lord; my whole being hopes..."
