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A Bit on Thanks
Sometimes during Thanksgiving people go around the room or table and take turns listing things they're thankful for. I usually have a hard time, not because I can't think of a thing to be thankful for, but because I'm not comfortable speaking in front of people in...
A Book and Its Cover
They say not to judge a book by its cover, and while I know what that means, sometimes the whole reason the cover looks the way it does is so you can judge the book by it. At the same time, while the cover might tell you about something that's in the book, it doesn't...
Ground Control
I found a note I made in my phone during either a sermon or a devotional on the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-20; Luke 8:4-15), and I thought I'd share. Satan would have us believe there is no good ground in places and people. "This person or these...
Skate Lessons
Several years ago I used to take roller skating lessons. I learned a few things that apply a little bit to life. You're going to fall. Even professionals who have done this for years fall sometimes, but that doesn't mean you don't get back up and keep going. It hurts...
Just Say It
Communication is important. Communication means to share with others, both you and them, telling and listening, back and forth, both ways. But people aren't mind readers. I don't know what you're thinking if you don't tell me, and you don't know what I'm thinking if I...
How Did Joseph Feel in Egypt?
Sometimes I find myself wondering how people in the Bible felt as they were going through all I read about. Sometimes the Bible mentions or implies, but we don't always get the gritty details. Like when Joseph was sold by his brothers, taken to Egypt as a slave, and...