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The primary part of my job at Adventures in Missions is working with parents of World Racers. Here’s something I’ve linked for every new group of World Race parents since June 2012. Eugene Peterson (perhaps best known for The Message paraphrase of the Bible), wrote a book in the early 90s called “Like Dew Your…
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Originally written and published May 28, 2012 and I debated doing a major rewrite. But to be honest, I’m still working this out. I have, however, included an update – and I do pray more boldly. I’ll start with the update. Ten years after I first wrote this, I have grown in boldness. And in…
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From May 20 2012 Erwin McManus, in a couple of the talks I’ve heard him give, has posed this question: Why are some people transformed as they go through things and other people are not transformed? Why do some move on, and some stay stuck? His conclusion is that gratitude makes a big difference. I’m…
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IMPORTANT NOTE: This was written over 10 years ago (and originally published May 13, 2012), when certain wounds were fresher and not as healed as they are now. The truth of this blog still holds for me but I am not currently in the middle of this kind of intense pain. There are times when…
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Revised from an original post on May 6, 2021 I’ve been thinking about the difference between conviction and condemnation – and there is a basic truth I come back to time and time again. This is not a theological treatise. It’s a general rule of thumb that I believe is true.* The Holy Spirit convicts…
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Originally posted in April 2012. But this has continued to be one of the biggest challenges to me personally as I try to articulate to others what my faith means to me. I’m struck by a particular detail in the story of Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well in John 4. It’s not…
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[This was true when first written 4/23/12 and is still true now.] In some circles, you hear people bemoaning the fact that many churches are inwardly focused. They care about “their own” and appear to largely ignore the world out there that needs to hear the gospel. I believe churches do need to provide a…
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[Originally written 4/15/12 but there’s a substantial update in this posting. In the last decade I’ve moved more comfortably into joy and what that looks like in me.] To be deeply peaceful – no matter what the circumstances – is something I’ve learned in the last decade or so. When I first wrote this, I…
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[Originally published 4/1/12. Still true for me today.] Oprah often asks her guests – in her TV interviews and in her magazine – this question: “What do you know for sure?” Of the many ways I could answer that, here is one that remains constant. I know for sure that Jesus understands a woman’s heart.…
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[This was originally published on 3/26/12 and still resonates with me. For those of us who are “doers”, who are wired to meet needs, it’s hard to say “no” – even when it is the right thing.] Is it possible that Kingdom work is as much about what we say “No” to as it is…
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