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The Coldest War (Excerpt)
“Tidal waves don’t beg forgiveness Crashed and on their way Father he enjoyed collisions; others walked away A snowflake falls in may. And the doors are open now as the bells are ringing out.” -Pearl Jam Man Of The Hour Ch. 1 In 1991 the Cold war ended both in Russia and in…
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Four Foundational Ways Jesus Loved His Enemies
Matthew 5:43-48 (NKJV) 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be…
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Talks On The Way To School-Mama, You Made Me a Christian
“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” 1John 1:4 Here we go again. My kids floor me with their thoughts on faith, race, contradictions in humanity, and today…Marshmallows. Don’t get me started on the argument about batman and Jesus both needing to wear underpants. In…
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Mama, What’s a Hypocrite?
Song of the Month: Good Monsters by Jars Of Clay “Mama, what’s a Hypocrite?” My eight year old daughter asked as we braved the morning drive to school. I’d just demonstrated how to be a hypocrite by calling someone else one. “It’s another word for Humanity.” I said in the spirit of…
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A Perspective From the Trees
Some people enjoying looking at the wood while avoiding the forest. I suppose it’s the same kind of characters who still find the old adage, “Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water” both humorous and wise. How the vision of a soapy baby sliding over a window ledge followed by bath water,…
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50 Shades of Jones
Song of the Month: Jamie Grace- Every bit of wonderful Recently, the huge twitterer that I am, I noticed I had a new follower. A. Real. Life. New follower! Now I have a grand total of 72. Just call me Big Stuff. So I checked out my lovely Mr./Ms. shaunsm41922812, who my husband insists is…
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Song of the Month: Glory- by Common and John Legend Christian life equation: If Jesus = Love And Christian= Disciple of Jesus Then Christian= Disciple of love So why do we sometimes seem so angry? When we represent something, whether it’s God or a chocolate chip cookie, wouldn’t it make sense to consider our…
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To be Angry at God…Or Not To Be…
Photo Credit-Rachel Peterson…Thanks rad mama! Song of the month-The Unmaking by Nichole Norderman (No Spoiler alert. The back of the book I refer to here tells you more than my references do:) I just set down a fairly popular memoir that has taken me some time to get through. Not because the author wasn’t a…
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Three Pick Up lines Every Church Planting Husband Needs To Use On His Wife
Song of the Month- Thinking Out Loud: Ed Sheeran Note to Reader: If these lines don’t work…Just try Forest Gumping it. “I may not be a smart man Jenny, But I know what LOVE is.” Three pick up lines every Church Planting Husband needs to use on his wife. I See you. I hear you.…
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How Not To Get Punched By Families Who’ve Adopted
Song of the month: Never Grow Up by Taylor Swift November is Happy Adoption Month! November is also Happy Premie Month! This month I’d like to celebrate our Little Eden Hope Alexia Jones, who we Adopted at 1 lb 2 oz July 2013. In honor of Our Super Girl Eden, I’d like to share a…