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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: The Truth Will Set You Free…but That...
A few years ago I stumbled on a website called PostSecret. The premise is simple: participants anonymously divulge a secret on a homemade postcard and mail it in to the site, where they are posted...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: For the Times You Pray First-World Prayers
A few nights ago I had insomnia. Bad. So bad, in fact, I ended up on the living room couch at 2 a.m., staring out the window at the frost-covered branches lit brilliant in the moonlight. Both Brad and...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: When You Think a Bible Verse Doesn’t...
I have a bad habit of assuming certain Bible verses don’t apply to me. Take the story we read this week, for instance, about the day Jesus cleared the Temple of the merchants and money changers. First...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: Born Again to See
One of the very first things I noticed about Nebraska when I moved here twelve years ago – in addition to the oppressive sky and the militant grasshoppers – was the pervasive wind. On our second day...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: When You Find Yourself Drinking from the...
Ever since I read the story of the woman at the well this week, I’ve been singing the refrain of that old song from 1980, “Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places.” Do you remember that one (you can...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: When You’re Looking for a Sign
The day my sister-in-law’s father died, she pulled into the driveway of her parents’ home wrung dry with grief and witnessed a full rainbow arched right over the roof of the house. It was, she told me...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: The Bread of Life
In a fit of panicked work overload, I asked Brad to write this week’s #HearItUseIt post, and he graciously agreed (with a little begging on my part!). Thanks, Bradster! When I was about sixteen...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: Different Doesn’t Mean Wrong
A black and white photograph of my maternal grandparents hangs on the wall in my parents’ living room. In the picture my grandfather stands handsome in pin-stripes, a white corsage pinned to his...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: The Most Exquisite Gift
For the next six Sundays I will be posting the Sunday devotional that I wrote for my church’s Lent devotional booklet. These will be a little bit different than my usual style: a little more reflection...
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God Chose YOU
Often when I tell my faith story or give my testimony, I use phrases like, “When I returned to God…” or “When I came back to God…” or even, “When God found me.” That’s the way I’ve understood my...
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From Doing to Being
I’m still in a season of transition and directional change over here. I recently decided, after a 10-year stint as a monthly columnist with my local paper, to say farewell. I thought I’d share my final...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: The Truth Will Set You Free…but That...
A few years ago I stumbled on a website called PostSecret. The premise is simple: participants anonymously divulge a secret on a homemade postcard and mail it in to the site, where they are posted...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: For the Times You Pray First-World Prayers
A few nights ago I had insomnia. Bad. So bad, in fact, I ended up on the living room couch at 2 a.m., staring out the window at the frost-covered branches lit brilliant in the moonlight. Both Brad and...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: When You Think a Bible Verse Doesn’t...
I have a bad habit of assuming certain Bible verses don’t apply to me. Take the story we read this week, for instance, about the day Jesus cleared the Temple of the merchants and money changers. First...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: Born Again to See
One of the very first things I noticed about Nebraska when I moved here twelve years ago – in addition to the oppressive sky and the militant grasshoppers – was the pervasive wind. On our second day...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: When You Find Yourself Drinking from the...
Ever since I read the story of the woman at the well this week, I’ve been singing the refrain of that old song from 1980, “Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places.” Do you remember that one (you can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: When You’re Looking for a Sign
The day my sister-in-law’s father died, she pulled into the driveway of her parents’ home wrung dry with grief and witnessed a full rainbow arched right over the roof of the house. It was, she told me...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: The Bread of Life
In a fit of panicked work overload, I asked Brad to write this week’s #HearItUseIt post, and he graciously agreed (with a little begging on my part!). Thanks, Bradster! When I was about sixteen...
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Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: Different Doesn’t Mean Wrong
A black and white photograph of my maternal grandparents hangs on the wall in my parents’ living room. In the picture my grandfather stands handsome in pin-stripes, a white corsage pinned to his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hear It on Sunday, Use It on Monday: The Most Exquisite Gift
For the next six Sundays I will be posting the Sunday devotional that I wrote for my church’s Lent devotional booklet. These will be a little bit different than my usual style: a little more reflection...
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