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One of the issues with moving old material to a new site is that it doesn’t always sync to the appropriate season. This was written during Advent in December 2013. Typically, we don’t like to wait. Delayed gratification is less and less common. Technology and other advances have removed the “necessity” of waiting for many…
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I’ve gotten better, since this was written in October 2013, about dreaming. But it still doesn’t come naturally to me. Seth Barnes poked his head in my office this week [in 2013] and said, “What’s your Kingdom dream?” “Kingdom dream” is a phrase we hear a lot at Adventures in Missions. For a while we…
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Originally written September 2013. And while I believe my season of children’s ministry is over, that time of ministering primarily to children was a sweet season for me. And there are parts of it that will always tug at my heart and things about children’s ministry that I remain passionate about. I absolutely love what…
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Re-reading this, originally published July 2013, brings back the pain of that event. But the “work” I did to get to this response to disappointment has made a bit difference in my life. Something happened this week [remember that this was written 10 years ago] that was a crushing disappointment. But let me be clear…
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Originally published in May 2013. I still love words. The examples of words I cling to have grown in the last ten years – some might pop up on a future post. I’ve always loved words. And crossword puzzles. And word games. I like to edit and wordsmith documents – to find just the right…
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Although I wrote this originally in April, 2013, a recent study of Joshua brought it back again – with the challenge from the Lord to “ask for my mountain” now. I talk a bit about a corresponding challenge from Joshua here. And I’ll talk more about this specific challenge as I start to add new…
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THIS WAS 10 YEARS AGO – so I’ve now turned 67 (earlier this year). Look for an update coming later this year. Originally published 3/17/2013. I turned 57 this week [Remember – this was 10 years ago]. Seven years before that, shortly after my 25-year marriage ended, I turned 50 in Thailand – at a…
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Original date – February 2013. I started this post a dozen times and couldn’t figure out how to structure it. I couldn’t make it say what I want it to say. I tried approaching it from “I hate it when I think I’ve learned a lesson/been healed/etc. and then it resurfaces and I have to…
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To be honest, I’ve been dreading this moment. When I get to this original post (posted December 16, 2012) and it’s the next in line to transfer to my new platform. It’s probably the post that I’ve done the most rethinking on in the ten years since posting – and I know I need to…
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I didn’t attend this funeral yesterday. It was in November 2012. But my gratitude for this church has not diminished as the years have continued to pass. Yesterday I attended a funeral – one of those sudden and unexpected deaths that don’t make sense this side of heaven. A vibrant, full of life, wife and…
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