Boy Scouts remove church as partner over gay troop leader Geoff McGrath...
Boy Scouts remove church as partner over gay troop leader
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Proverbs 10: Attitudinal Starting Point
Proverbs is one of those books that I seem to find a lot of application in. Obviously, that was the purpose it was written for, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but Proverbs 10 is home to one of...
View ArticleFor When You Want to Feel Like Everyone Else But You Can’t No Matter How Hard...
. You try. You try and you try and you try to fit in. Everywhere you look, something or someone is telling you what you should be doing (so that you fit in). I say “(so that you fit in)” because it’s...
View ArticleWhen We Run Away
There’s always something different about the Easter story that strikes me each year. One year it was the deep betrayal of Judas, one of Jesus’ disciples who slammed a dagger to His back. The other was...
View ArticlePRAYER: WALKING IN LOVE
JEHOVAH-RAAH, The Lord My Shepherd, Almighty and Exalted Creator of Heaven and Earth, we bless Your holy name. Messiah, King, Adonai, we worship You. Pour down Your wonderful blessings and love upon...
View ArticleFeeling less than alive
I was sitting in a seminary classroom, taking part in an internship program, and the professor was waxing eloquently about calling. It was all good. She was quoting Frederick Buechner and Howard...
View ArticleThe nonbusy family
In her Motherlode post “I Refuse to Be Busy,” K.J. Dell’Antonia mostly bypasses some of the complaints of working mothers. She doesn’t, at least not in this post, discuss the pressures on parents who...
View ArticleWhat do you rely on?
I have had some job issues this year and it is interesting when I reflect on how I have dealt with it. When I thought I was going to lose my job, the first thing I went to was my 401K and savings and...
View ArticleApr 22, Prayer for debt & alcohol addiction
Please pray for my husband who is addicted to alcohol & who is also in a horrendous amount of debt. He has been in serious debt before we married & he
View ArticleApr 22, Prayer for job offer today
Dear Lord Jesus, Dear God, Dear St.Jude - please let me receive the job offer today that I am anxiously waiting to hear back on. I am humble and grateful
View ArticleApr 22, prayer to restore my relationship with my baby's father
Heavenly father,have mercy on me and thank you for giving me the opportunity to post this request. my boyfriend stayed together for almost four years,and
View ArticleApr 22, prayer for love strength and faith
Heavenly father I come to you as humble as I know how. Please forgive me of my sins and things that you do not approve of.I come you today lord because
View ArticleApr 22, Prayer request for a recovering addict
Please Lord help my son Derek. He is a recovering addict.I am placing him in your Hands because I know that you are there for him. I know that it is Your
View ArticleAnother Look: Easter Is a Season, Not a Day
First Published April 4, 2010. Many of us in our Christian traditions learned to celebrate Christ’s resurrection on a day — Easter Sunday. Easter is the great Lord’s Day, the climax of Holy Week, the...
View ArticleOur Spirit Affects Others for Good or for Bad
We may not think much about it, but our spirit is contagious. The way our spirit affects others can be good or bad. A person of genuine faith in God, for example, can positively affect the faith of...
View Article-California: Proposal to Prohibit Judges with Ties to Boy Scouts
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) There is a new proposal in the State of California to prohibit judges from having membership ties with the Boy Scouts. According to the ‘Ethics...
View ArticleMake Room For You. Your Story. For Rest.
Everyone has a story. All of us were once little girls. We all have memories. Some happy. Some not. Some we share. Yet, many more lay hidden in the secret pages of […]
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God Prepares Our Hearts to Answer His Call
Although I would struggle with letting go of control, God showed me from the start that this was His work to do and I was able to go back to that truth every time things got really hard. My Account l...
View ArticleHere’s a Good Reason To Go To Church
When you see a line of people waiting for the church doors to open, that’s a good sign. That’s what I saw recently at a church in southern Guatemala, almost to the El Salvador border, in a little town...
View ArticleGod, the Gospel, and the Gay Challenge — A Response to Matthew Vines
Evangelical Christians in the United States now face an inevitable moment of decision. While Christians in other movements and in other nations face similar questions, the question of homosexuality now...
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