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Looking Back On Life: How Has God Changed Me?

As I age Lord my sense of manhood seems to change. When younger it was about muscles and vigor, endurance and lots of armor, pushups, and handstands, and lifting heavy weights, never admitting weakness, or even knowing…
Looking Back on 2012: Here I Raise My Ebenezer

By Sharon at She Worships I still remember the first time I learned that “ebenezer” was more than a scrooge-y character in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I was taking an Old Testament class in sem…
Living For the Moment: One Man's Troubled Friend

I had a friend a few years ago who used to tell me that he only wanted to live in the moment. I asked him what he meant by that. “Well”, he said, “ya know, I just want to be spontaneous, just do wha…
Dear Father, Thus Far...

By Vera Dear Father, It’s been quite a while since I accepted Your invitation to enter into a relationship with You. I have never had a dull moment since then. For thus far, You have stripped me of titles, my pos…
A Letter to My 27 Year-Old Self

By Sharon at She Worships Since Friday, Ike has been out of town serving at our church’s annual summer youth retreat. It has been a little lonely around here without him, but I have also enjoyed the time to myself…
That Was My Life

Music was a huge part of my life, and still is. However, I don't do the things I used to do. I'm also grateful that I chose not to continue living the way I was living. I used to DJ at night clubs, parties and weddings.…
Taught a Little, Learned a Lot

"Taught a Little, Learned a Lot." This was my response to a blog, when asked to sum up your life in 5-6 words. Tricky isn't it? You don't want to come across as big-headed or worse, a failure. I would like to think that…
Made Whole: Looking Back on Life So Far

Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Meekness, says my pastor, means balance. It doesn't mean timidity or shyness or a lack of assertiveness, but, rather, knowing when to assert and when t…
What Did you Ship in 2010?

By Sam at Creative Theology This post, concept, and title as a way of full disclosure, are directly ripped off from Seth Godin. After reading his post, I decided that I’d post my own list of what shipped in 201…