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Alabaster and Spikenard

In Mark 14:3-9, we see a woman displaying an act of full and pure devotion for Jesus. I'm quite familiar with this account, but recently in church I learned more details about why this was such a big deal. I did a little Internet searching on my own and learned a few...
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Advice from Pastors

I've gone through some older notes I've kept from sermons years ago. I've chosen a few phrases for some helpful advice. You're not special, you're unique. Unity in church comes when we stop thinking of ourselves as special and start thinking of ourselves as being...
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The Resurrection of Lazarus

In John 11:1-45, we see a story that I've heard so many times that I run the risk of being over-familiar with it. But while thinking about it over the past few days, I've wondered what it must have been like to see it. I read it again, spending some time on it....
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Valuables and Junk

My family has been packing up all our stuff in the house to move. It really puts into perspective how much your earthly possessions really mean to you, or how much they don't mean. I realized just how many of my things I don't use and therefore don't need, so I...

Participation in God’s Overarching Design

I was talking to a friend about Christians going out and telling people about Jesus. We're supposed to do this, on purpose and all the time. We're not supposed to be obnoxious about it, but we are supposed to go tell people about Jesus. Then that's it, the rest is...

Speaking the Language

When you talk to people about Jesus, it goes much better if you do it in a language with which they are familiar. I don't just mean the language they were born into, I also mean their culture, and I mean the way each person processes information and how they think...

Christianese

Sometimes we Christians say words that non-Christians don't understand, but sometimes we don't understand them either. They've just become buzz words that we throw around and feel good about. Go do some digging about these words, even if you think you know what they...

A Seed Will Grow Where a Seed Will Grow

While I was out in Mexico last week with a group (see previous post) and we were visiting the Amazing Grace Children's Home (Sublime Gracia Casa Hogar, Facebook link here), we had devotionals in the morning after breakfast at the hotel before going to see the kids. In...

Second Trip to AGCH

I went with a group again this year to the Amazing Grace Children's Home in Mexico (Sublime Gracia Casa Hogar, Facebook link here). We spent time with the children and got to know them, and they got to know us. Everyone absolutely loves it! And if you're someone who...