Month: July 2016
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› Read more: The Currents of Comparison
The Currents of Comparison
The problem with currents is that you often don’t realize you are stuck in them until you get thrown onto…
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› Read more: The Need for Nathans
The Need for Nathans
If you have ever found great solace in praying the Psalms of David, you have Nathan to thank. Had he…
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› Read more: To Find a Fire Poppy
To Find a Fire Poppy
While the nation has been chasing small, mythical cartoon animals, I have been on a strange search of my own.…
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› Read more: A Svelt Hippo and a Suffering Savior
A Svelt Hippo and a Suffering Savior
Originally posted on aimeejoseph: A svelt hippo. If you were reading a book and saw those two words strung together,…
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› Read more: A Svelt Hippo and a Suffering Savior
A Svelt Hippo and a Suffering Savior
The ideas of suffering and prospering sound as incongruous as the idea of svelt hippo. Yet, for the Christian the…
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› Read more: Risk & Reward (Truth from a Twisty Slide)
Risk & Reward (Truth from a Twisty Slide)
I watched their goggled eyes stare as they swam closer and closer to the twisty slide. Knowing that my children are…
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› Read more: Waiting in Wadis
Waiting in Wadis
Outrage. Injustice. Shock. Despair. Hatred. Confusion. These words aptly describe the myriad of emotions that have been stirred up in…
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› Read more: Beyond Biography
Beyond Biography
“She gave herself to Christ and through him to her neighbor. This was the end of her biography and the…
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› Read more: Right Desire, Wrong Tree
Right Desire, Wrong Tree
Where Eve strayed, Jesus stayed. Both were directly tempted by Satan to take matters into their own hands rather than…
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› Read more: A Risky Cast
A Risky Cast
Their nets were as empty as their hopes. Sun-burnt and empty-handed, they had thrown up the white flag to the…