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#GivingTuesday
We are already getting in to the “giving season” – Christmas music is play, Christmas-themed commercials are on TV and the radio. In the Christian community, we give at Christmas out of gratitude for the gift of God’s son, Jesus. We give to show our love and appreciation for people who touch our lives: family,
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Devotion: Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening
My mom served as an elementary school teacher for about 31 years. Toward the end of her career, she grew more frustrated at some of the teaching techniques that were being championed as “new” and “more effective” when, in actuality, they were cleaned up versions of techniques used a dozen or more years earlier. Like
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Devotion: The Softer Side of the Old Testament
After some pretty rough weeks in The Story as we read about battles and God seemingly being pretty hard-nosed about the rules (for example, Moses didn’t get to cross over into the Promised Land because he struck a rock to bring about water rather than just speaking to it), we some real gems through the
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Devotion: Can God Possibly Want Me?
All Christians want a relationship with God, but we’re not always clear on what that relationship should be or about our part in it. We hear stories of faithful people from long ago or more contemporary people of faith like Mother Theresa and we think that we could never have faith like theirs. And, if
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Devotion: How Complete Is Our Obedience?
The Story | The Battle Begins I cringed a bit when I wrote the title for this week’s devotion: “How complete is our obedience?” But, as you read chapter 7 from The Story, I think this ends up directing our thoughts toward God’s Upper Story. As I read and talked with people on Sunday morning, I
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Devotion: Wilderness Wandering and Spiritual Assessment
After spending 6 weeks dwelling with The Story, how do you feel? Just like the road trip we talked about Sunday morning in worship, the beginning of The Story has been exciting as we see the possibilities ahead for us this year. You may have found that The Story hasn’t been what you expected. You
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Devotion: God’s Commands vs. God’s Love
On Sunday, I posed a couple of questions that have led to some great conversations: (1) When God interacts with us or judges us, which holds more sway – God’s Commandments or God’s Love? (2) Do God’s laws change? God’s commands and the obedience of God’s people are obviously important because God tells Moses to
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Devotion: Deliverance
Could you be like Moses? I’m sure your first reaction is “No way!” Well … think about that … why not? Moses didn’t even think he should be able to do what God called him to do. But, God chose to reach out to Moses. Could we say that Moses may not have been
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