Faith
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Since the Charlie Kirk assassination I’ve spoken to a number of people who have admitted they’ve been sitting on the sidelines of their faith but no more. It’s been interesting to watch people who have faith ranging from “nominal” to deep realize that this is a war against evil and they can no longer idly
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Hi gang! It’s been a while since I’ve put my fingers to the keyboard but a friend of mine really challenged me this week and I wanted to use this space to repeat his question and have a bit more space to explain my answer rather than via text messages. I’ve known Joshua Tanzer since
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By now you all know about the flash flood in Texas that killed 109 people at this writing with dozens still missing. Among the dead are scores of children who were attending a Christian camp that was overwhelmed by the rising water. I have to say that even a crass old cynic like me was
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It’s 3 a.m. and I’ve been awake for about two and a half hours. One of those nights where your brain just won’t shut up. I read somewhere that if you are awake for more than an hour you need to get up and do something to reset you sleep clock. Well, my sleep clock
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As some of you may know, I spend a lot of time on continuing education focused on my pastoral counseling work. I am a Board Certified Mental Health Coach through the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). I am currently half way through upgrading that credential to Professional Mental Health Coach. I have taken courses
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Four days later and my sabbatical is coming to an end. As I prepare to head back home to a full schedule I’m reflecting this morning on what God has shown me these past days. Yesterday I blogged on taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. I went through each word and its
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It was the Friday of 9/11 week. As America was reeling from the terrorist attacks, I was in Monterey, CA waiting for a phone call. My wife and I were supposed to be in France and Edenborough, Scotland on vacation visiting WWII historical spots. But we were to leave on September 12 so that vacation
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As some of you know, I was out of the church for 25 years before coming back. Having grown up in 12 different homes one of the things I saw was a lot of different Christian denominations. One home was Assembly of God. Another was Catholic. Another was Baptist. I attended a Four-Square youth group
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I’m fascinated by human nature. I love to know what makes people tick. Instead of looking at the “what” about people, I seek to find the “why” about them. Why do people do what they do? You see, what people do is just a symptom that has some causation which is the why. One of
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