Category: Devotions
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Churches and Cherry Trees (Part 1)
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.” – John 5:24 (ESV) I’m in a weird season of life, where I know God is making a move. I just don’t know…
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My Hallmark Movie (Or Not)
“Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do…
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To Save My Life
“And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” – Luke 9:23-24 (ESV) A few months ago I wrote about…
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Between Box Jumps and a Boat
So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the wind he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” Jesus immediately reached out his hand and took hold of him, saying to him, “O you of little faith, why…
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From Weakness to Wholeness
“They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.” – Isaiah 61:4 (ESV) I live in New England, but I’m not a winter weather person. And if you know some of my story, I entered an incredibly difficult season…
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When You Feel Stuck (Part 3)
Click here to read part 1 and click here for part 2. I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t overthink things. As a child, I was always one to analyze the details. I was a strong reader and writer, motivated to discover and learn. Languages and logic became interests, which eventually…
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When You Feel Stuck (Part 2)
Click here to read part 1 Have you ever felt stuck, having accepted the past yet unable to move forward? There’s no easy way to navigate being sandwiched in between the reality of what was and the possibilities of what will be. The disappointments have settled in and became a part of a new normal.…
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When You Feel Stuck (Part 1)
“You’re not stuck.” That’s the word God gave me in church a few weeks ago. That morning, I found out about another disappointment, another loss, I’d soon have to face. I went to church to escape this reality, only to sit through a sermon about change. The takeaway point was that change can be a…
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Reporting the Good News
During my junior year of high school (let’s not count how many years ago that was), I wrote an article on Valentine’s Day for a journalism course. It was fun and entertaining, and my advisor published it to the school paper because it was one of my better works. I can’t remember the details, but…
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Intentionally Losing My Life
“And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” – Luke 9:23-24 (ESV) A few years ago, I’d never imagine…
Consider the Joy 