Fear and anxiety are a couple of hooded robbers working in tandem to take us hostage; binding us with a three-strand rope of worry, impatience, and despair. Next, they blindfold us to what we know to be true about God, all the while robbing us of our faith and God’s…
Read moreDo not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.~…
Read moreHere in the panhandle, farmers make use of successive dry weeks to cut hay. Although they like to get more than one cutting off of a fertilized field, the fall cutting is especially critical to have enough to get the cows through winter when grazing is reduced. A mower sweeps…
Read moreI don’t really like to think about hell, but I was forced to think about it this last week, whether I wanted to or not. In one of my college classes, we had to read the literary works of Dante’s “The Inferno”. If you are not familiar with this reading,…
Read moreCarol’s post “What part of God’s Story are you?” is a perfect launchpad for my post. I love how God does that – totally independently He brings things together. I started following Jesus during the Jesus movement of the 70’s when I prayed the sinner’s prayer in the back of…
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