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Trust the Peace

6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s…

02/04/2022

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Divine Interruptions (Ananias)

This is a teaching on Ananias of Damascus from Acts 9 and 22. I am excited to share this lesson with you and interested in…

05/12/2021

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Where Are You, God? (grief pangs)

My fellow Bereans, I take comfort in knowing that when a thought comes that is new to me, I am not the only one who’s…

26/11/2021

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Dirty Work with Desperate Intentions

When life is on the line, people can get desperate. Think about being alive when God had a covenant with only one group — the…

22/09/2021

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Every Whit Whole

Let’s look at John 7 through the lenses of labor…as in working, not works. The big picture here is that Jesus performed a miracle on…

08/09/2021

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Sincerity of Heart

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men (Colossians 3:23, ESV). I’m currently living and working in a culture where…

01/09/2021

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Rule Breakers Needed

A couple of things from the start — I’ve been reading another Mark Batterson book for morning devotions. The Grave Robber: How Jesus Can Make…

16/07/2021

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Father of Lights

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow…

16/06/2021

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God of All

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.ephesians 4:6 kjv For as long as I can…

09/06/2021

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Person of Peace

I was hundreds of miles from home on a trip with a good friend who just returned from two years on the mission field. She…

02/06/2021

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Living Waters

You don’t have to get inspired anymore by symbols of freedom and divine life. Jesus says you can have freedom and divine life. In John…

29/05/2021

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A Full Life

Let’s just jump. Jesus did not come to kill us. He did not come to steal from us or to destroy us. (Though he did…

12/05/2021

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Commitment to Community

community (n.) unified body of individuals, ex. people or people group with common interests, a characteristic within larger society, common history, or interaction in a…

10/03/2021

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Trend Setters

Another thing about NEW, is that it’s only new to us. The great comfort of the unknown, unheard-of, and unprecedented, is that God is never…

27/01/2021

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Remember the Look of New

new (adj.) 1 taking the place of one that came before; syn. makeshift, substitute. 2 not known or experienced before; syn. fresh, novel, original, strange,…

20/01/2021

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Formation: Looking for God

During doctoral study I took a class where we studied faith formation. I learned about a man named James Fowler and his stages of faith.…

13/01/2021

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Looking for God all Year Long

Advent is that ‘waiting time’ when Christians make space to remember the story of God’s people waiting for God to come among them again.Nick Baines,…

06/01/2021

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The Big Wait

Waiting. That is one of the themes of life, yeah? I heard a wonderful teaching from Apostle Charles Moore where he described two kinds of…

30/12/2020

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Waiting with Perspective

What I appreciate most about the Advent season is two things: 1) all that is packed in it and 2) all the ways to see…

23/12/2020

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Daily Gratitude

I am an American and Americans have a thing about holidays. We build enormous momentum to prepare for one day, followed by lots of leftovers,…

25/11/2020

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Fellowship

Our love to God is measured by our everyday fellowship with others and the love it displays. Andrew Murray Born from community, I have been…

18/11/2020

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Learning & Spiritual Growth

Photo by Maria Cappelli on Unsplash Half of learning is learning. The other half of learning is unlearning… Half of spiritual growth is learning what…

11/11/2020

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Are You Noticing the Change?

There is a little something that happens every day that reminds me that I am becoming a better person. I am literally transforming and I…

04/11/2020

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From Concept to Reality

Faith. Fear. Love. Hate. Embracing. Separation. Confusion. Frustration. Anger. Revenge. Peace. Compromise. Wisdom. Choices. Bigger picture. Divine plan. Abraham. Isaac. Jacob. Jesus. Peter. Paul. James…

28/10/2020

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Celebrating Birthdays

This may seem a strange topic, but I want to share how I prepare for my birthday. I am fortunate to have a birthday in…

21/10/2020

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Grief and Grieving

I watched the funeral for His Grace Bishop J. Delano Ellis, II and marveled. I was sad, crying, and grateful. In the same week of…

14/10/2020

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Jesus Will Meet You

I so want to finish this title with “…in a mammogram,” but I don’t want to exclude the men. Brothers, it is safe to keep…

07/10/2020

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Go. Now.

There will be distractions… Keep going. I mean, go right around or through them. Focus is not developed in ideal circumstances. Rise above and get…

30/09/2020

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Beware of Beautiful Lies

Note: I started to write this blog in 2016. As I was reviewing draft posts to see what I could develop, I noticed this title.…

02/09/2020

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How God Treats the Broken

Book cover, The Way of the Warrior by Erwin McManus Again, I share a thought from Erwin McManus’ The Way of the Warrior: An Ancient…

19/08/2020

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Jealousy Divides Community

First Corinthians chapter three is one of my favorite passages in scripture. It’s one of those passages that is crystal clear — no mystery or…

05/08/2020

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The 4-Point Call to Action

11 And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is…

29/07/2020

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What is Your Freedom Story?

What is the freedom narrative where you live? Where I live, between June 19 and July 4 there resumes the ongoing debate about freedom. Who…

01/07/2020

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Whatever You Do Believer, Reconcile.

16 So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time we thought of Christ merely from a human point of…

05/06/2020

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The Ministry of Comfort

When I started investing time in prayer for others this is one of the first passages that gripped me. I found it while praying for…

11/05/2020

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Peace is My (Our) Power

I picked up a book to complete — I started it maybe one or two years ago — and I realize it is for me,…

24/04/2020

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I have no man (because i am the man…or woman)

Today is the last day we stay in self-imposed bondage. If we want, we can move ahead and just do what God gave us to…

13/04/2020

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Taking Jesus Out of the Chick-Flick Mentality

Note: This is a meditation about God’s faithfulness. I heard my pastor’s voice in my meditation time. He said (and says regularly) that God is…

31/01/2018

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How Culture Promotes Toxicity

Kingdom citizens,  God bless you wherever this post finds you! Today I want to share a snippet from my reading. This semester I am to…

28/01/2018

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Notes from a Holocaust Survivor (Reflection)

The tour guide gave us identification cards to read as we traveled through the Holocaust Museum exhibits. The ID card shared information of one person…

20/07/2017

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