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What You Hear
There’s another king that we’ve got to get our foot on, what you hear. Isn’t that a big one, what you hear? Jesus said “be careful what you listen to.” Be careful what you allow to come into your ear … Continue reading
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What Are You Looking At
Ramblings on Faith What We See 10/18/2009 Spiritual and emotional vulnerability can come from any of our senses: what you see, what you smell, what you touch, what you taste or what you hear. Any of your senses can be … Continue reading
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Tagged Emotion, Emotional Vulnerability, Emtoions, focus, God, See, Senses, Smell, Spiritual, Taste, Vision, vulnerability, What We See
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Sense of Taste
Sense of Taste 10.12.2009 Emotional vulnerability can come from any of our senses: what we see, what we smell, what we touch, what we taste or what we hear. Any of our senses can be faith killers if we let … Continue reading
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Your Stinky Emotions
God Can Overcome Your Smell 9/18/2009 Let me start by telling you how much I missed writing articles the last few months. I left you hanging in my last article by telling you about my life-long struggle with depression. I … Continue reading
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Focus On Your Faith, Not Your Feelings
Ramblings on Faith Sense of Touch/Feel 10.5.09 Last week I started a conversation about how important it is in my faith life to master my emotions. It is one of the struggles of my life and if you have read … Continue reading
Can I Get A Little Help?
8.3.2009 Have you ever found yourself doing some chore or everyday task in front of others and realized that everyone around you was just sitting around watching? It occurred to you that you are the only one doing any work! Better … Continue reading
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The Lord Is Good
The Psalmist declares in Psalm 100: Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness: Come before him with joyful songs, Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us and we … Continue reading
Meaningless Repitition
A Minister in Maryland named Ethan Magness wrote an article recently in The Christian Standard that began by saying: “Meaningless repetition can be a dangerous thing. Meaningless repetition can be a dangerous thing. Meaningless repetition can be a dangerous thing. … Continue reading
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The Last Thing He Told Me
I remember vividly the only two times my father spanked me. Luckily they were about 5 years apart and I had time to recover. My first fatherly beating was the result of “I don’t feel like it.” We were living … Continue reading
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Freedom To Fail
In Galatians 5:1 Paul wrote: “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Another way to say that is “Christ has set … Continue reading
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Don’t Follow Me, You Will Get Lost
I had the opportunity to teach at a workshop this past Saturday for a Church in West Des Moines. They wanted me to share some of my experiences and expertise in the area of pastoral care. I only mention the … Continue reading
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God Is Great…People Are Crazy
I recently make a trek across some of our Country to visit my mother. Or, as we like to say in the South, “I had to get out ‘n see momma.” I drove from Earlham to Atlanta, GA. I stayed … Continue reading
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Repentance Requires Action
I remember during college and graduate school dreading Christmas because I was so poor. I didn’t have a bit of spare change to buy people gifts and I knew for sure that people were out buying me stuff. Most of … Continue reading
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Gaffe: A Foolish Error
Have you ever made a gaffe? Literally, the word gaffe means: “a foolish error, especially one made in public.” I am not sure what constitutes public, but in my case I figure anytime I am talking to another person then … Continue reading
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God On A Budget
Have you noticed that the word budget has become a bad word in our society? You might here a consumer advocate or a news person talking about shopping on a budget and their point is doing less with more and … Continue reading
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Cradle-to-Grave Health Center
I have been praying that most of you were not offended by my last article. Perhaps there was one or two that needed to find a little offense at the things I said, but I mean that in the best … Continue reading
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I Hate Hypocrites
Ramblings April 11, 2009 “I Hate Hypocrites!” At least that is what I hear so often, especially when I am talking to a person who doesn’t care for the Church. A hypocrite is loosely defined as a person who … Continue reading
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A Credit To Sin
Using credit may be a sin. I suspect that got your attention. It pains me to say it as much as it pains me to hear it. The use of credit can easily become a sin. Proverbs 22:7 says, “The … Continue reading
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Starting Over is Harder than Starting
Being a realist can sometimes be detrimental if your reality is based too much upon “your reality” and not “reality.” If your reality is that you have tried and failed enough then there are good chances you don’t try anymore. Continue reading
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God Cures
I am working on an unfinished thought this week. I may not have any answers for you and I may not even be able to bring any resolution to the idea I present, but I want to be obedient to … Continue reading
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Vulnerable Just Feels Yucky
Let me just say that I hate asking for help when I am helpless. It’s so much easier to ask for help when I am in control. I feel so vulnerable when I am helpless and vulnerable just feels yucky Continue reading
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That’s Life
The FBI agent respectively and compassionately says: “that’s life.” Continue reading
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Spring Cleaning in January
The dust bunnies were getting aggressive and threatening to form a Union Continue reading
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Happy New Year
My three favorite electronic advances are my cell phone, my computer and my TIVO Continue reading
It’s Christmas 2008
There is no better news than this. There is no dark cloud that can withstand the light of the world. There is no despair that cannot be penetrated by the power of God. Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. And don’t take my word for it; these are the words of angels. Continue reading
It’s Just A Dream Joseph
In ignorance and in humility we are called to obey. We are called to seek the wholeness of others by giving ourselves away to them. We are called to follow God even when it makes no sense, when it’s not easy or practical. Continue reading
Room at the Table
Maybe you need to reach out to someone else so that you aren’t eating alone. Continue reading
It’s Not Who, It’s Whose
Have you noticed how you can have a hundred things going right for and one negative comment can completely devastate you? Continue reading
Obey Tomorrow
Ramblings on Faith 11/5/2008 Have you noticed that every now and then you say something, and as it rolls out of your mouth, you think “Wow, that’s pretty good!”? If you’re like me, you may have even said … Continue reading
Tolerate This!
Boundary stretchers are always testing the limits. It’s not that they are intentionally bad people who love to break the law, rather it is just the way they are created and explore life. Continue reading
Broken Toes are Still Broken
A crazy thing happened on the way to bed the other night…I think. My wife tells me I tripped. Continue reading
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A Good Woman Is Hard to Get Rid Of
Good Women Are Hard To Find and Even Harder To Get Rid Of! Continue reading
All Tuckered Out
Ramblings on Faith July 2008 It’s been a crazy few weeks around Iowa. Between the tornadoes and the floods, God has been throwing in some heavy stuff like divorce, disease and death. Add a few surgeries on top of that … Continue reading