Lessons in Perseverance

I’m not sure why it captured my attention so completely. Sitting in my prayer garden, I had just closed the Bible and glanced downward toward some stepping stones that led to the bench.  An abundance of creatures share life in this setting and, among them are the ants that build dirt mounds and traverse the […]

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Lord of All

Sobering thoughts are never comfortable.  But then, they aren’t meant to be.  Try as we might to avoid facing life’s deeper issues, they have a way of inching to the forefront time and again. One of the most sobering thoughts ever presented was by Jesus.  It is recorded in Matthew 7:21-23.  “Not everyone who says […]

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Soaring on Broken Wings

I needed solitude.  Some pretty big questions were weighing on my heart and I couldn’t put them to words with anyone … except God. Though the Lord has promised to be with us always, there is comfort in meeting Him in quiet, reserved places that have become altars of prayer.  I have a few. Maybe […]

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The Waste of Worry

I was in my late teens when I watched my aunt and grandfather simultaneously battle cancer. Few advances had been made in treating the disease at that time, yet they persevered courageously.  It was my first real encounter with great suffering, which unexpectedly introduced me to a fear I had not known before then. Though […]

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Citizens of Liberty

The Library of Congress made an announcement in 2010 that there was a cross-out in the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence. While processing data, Dr. Fenella France noticed that the word citizen was blurred.  Using a process called hyper spectral imaging, she uncovered something truly significant about this document. The process takes digital […]

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