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SEEING GOD'S PICTURES IN THE CELEBRATION OF COMMUNION God has created the physical world to picture spiritual truth Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God. But only those who see take off their shoes. The rest sit round and pick blackberries. Elizabeth Barrett Browning This...

THE BEST THING WE CAN DO TO HONOR "SACRIFICE" IS TO REMEMBER! (This blog post is coming to you a day early this week, and replaces tomorrow's normal post.) Christians everywhere should always be grateful for the ultimate sacrifice Christ made to secure our spiritual freedom and...

A SENSE OF PURPOSE WILL GIVE US THE RESILIENCE TO CARRY ON WHEN THINGS ARE DIFFICULT On May 5, 2015 David Brooks wrote in an op-ed column about "purpose" in the New York Times: “Every reflective person sooner or later faces certain questions: What is the purpose...

WALKING BACKWARDS OFF A CLIFF CAN TEACH YOU A LOT ABOUT YOURSELF To be honest, the first time, I didn't actually walk; it was more like a crawl… a shinny actually.  I was teaching at a college in Phoenix, Arizona, and one day several of my...