I’m starting to learn that living a life for Jesus is a lot about how well you walk in the valleys. Sometimes we just get stuck—stuck in between the crisis and the turning point where everything is okay. Sometimes we get stuck in the “I’m okay, but not good” point. Sometimes we are confident about…
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This is a quiet post… A moment of stillness for those whose hearts are broken… All our hearts have cracks in them; we have each been shattered in different ways. Maybe you’re weeping right now; maybe your heart is frozen in stillness. Perhaps the wounds have long turned to scars, or maybe…
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One year ago last week I stood at a Holocaust grave in Stolin, Belarus. However, it has taken me until now to be able to put words to that experience.That summer of 2016 was the 75th anniversary of World War II’s impact on Belarus, when they lost about a third of their population. This was…
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This world is a really tough and hard place. When we are exposed to it, we find there is so much pain and suffering. We hear about all the people facing cancer and death, and all of the hungry and starving children of the world. We have to deal with rape, abuse, human trafficking, and…
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