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The Battle Belongs to the Lord

It was a time of incredible turmoil: one of our children had just had a minor brush with the law, another was just being released from residential treatment, our church was in the middle of yet another self-induced crisis and our personal budget had taken more hits than a crash test dummy.
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Prayer & Prophecy

In this dream an older man walks by me, a man whose last words before this dream were “I never want to see you or hear from you again.” Continue reading

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It Is Well

In the midst of life’s deepest griefs, in the moment of our greatest fears, in the time of trials and testings, in the unbounded joy of greatest blessing and in the rut-running routine of life in between all those, choices come to us. Continue reading

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Forever

But even when faith has passed into sight
and hope into holding,
there will be love.
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The Noise of Wings

Fervent in preaching, devout in belief and constant in showing care to neighbors and church members, Dad has walked all but his last few steps upon this earth. He will leave the legacy of many good men: his virtues well known and his faults mostly private. Continue reading

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