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  • Garrison Keillor: Success from Disability
    Posted on Monday, August 17th, 2015 | Tagged: character, Garrison Keillor, God's gifts, weakness

    Have you ever been to Lake Wobegone –just a little north of St. Cloud? You probably know exactly where it is–after all–it’s where “all the women are strong, all the men are good looking and all the children above average.” It’s middle America. It’s us. And sadly, after more than forty years, Garrison Keillor will retire. After all, he …[ read more ]

  • Were the HIroshima and Nagasaki Bombings Good News?
    Posted on Monday, August 10th, 2015 | Tagged: Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Manhattan Project. spiritual growth, Nagasaki, Oak Ridge, ORNL, Tennessee, tragedy

    so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; 1 Peter 1:7 Seventy-years-ago, the world blew up–almost literally. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed tens …[ read more ]

  • Does Someone Drive You Nuts?
    Posted on Monday, August 3rd, 2015 | Tagged: disdain, judgment, looking for the good in others

    This is what we’d like to do to our Sophias. Have you ever had to deal with a self-righteous, know-it-all, hypochondriac? In short, do people sometimes drive you nuts? Why can’t people be more like us? I know this will come as a shock to those who know me in real time–but sometimes people drive …[ read more ]

  • How to be Blessed
    Posted on Monday, July 27th, 2015 | Tagged: blessings, Despair, worry

    Matt 6:34 “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes”( Matt 6:34, THE MESSAGE). early morning mist I goofed. I know, no small surprise. …[ read more ]

  • You can beat injustice: #chattanoogastrong
    Posted on Monday, July 20th, 2015 | Tagged: chattanooga strong, forgiveness, injustice

    Our world’s run amok. Hatred dominates. Freddie Gray and Michael Brown die at the hands of the police and Baltimore and Ferguson erupt in riots. People loot and burn the property of their neighbors. They turn on their community and make it safe for no one. They create a wasteland that will only promulgate more …[ read more ]

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    • Ten Ways to be Filled with the Holy Spirit

        @carol_mcclain "Don't be drunk with wine, be filled with the Spirit!" 1 Cor.5:18 According to John Piper, how do we get drunk with wine? We drink it. Lots of it. So how do we get drunk with the Holy Spirit? Immerse yourself in God. Drink in lots of Him. Read your Scriptures. Pray. Sing Psalms and hymns and contemporary Christian music. Listen to edifying Christian stations. Avoid our entertainment that celebrates sinful behavior--alcohol, sex, foul language. Hang out with practicing, like-minded Christians. Go to church. Take notes on the sermon. Look around this world and see the glory God… ...[ full story ]

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