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  • Seeing Comets
    Posted on Monday, January 10th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, comets, Hale-Bopp comet, Hyakitake Comet, Kahoutec Comet, Psalm 139:14, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain A lifetime fled without my ever having glimpsed a comet. In 1973 Kahoutec visited our skies when I lived in New York City. With the city’s manmade display of lights, my chances of seeing Kahoutec were non-existent. Actually, the city had little to do with my ability to witness the comet. I was too …[ read more ]

  • Beauty for Ashes
    Posted on Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beauty from ashes, Carol McClain, Dvorak, Isaiah 61:3, Job, New World Symphony, Stabat Mater, suffering, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain Isaiah 61:3 “(God will) provide for those who grieve in Zion–to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the LORD for the display …[ read more ]

  • Gratitude for what we have: Lessons from Alone
    Posted on Monday, September 20th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Alone, appetite, Borrowed Lives, Discovery's Alone, Edge of Alaska, gratitude benefits, how to be thankful, hunger, hunger verses appetite, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain My grandkids drive me crazy. For the youngest, my Bird, ketchup is the major food group. My middle one–my favorite grandson (yes, only grandson)–only chicken fingers will do. The eldest has a broader palate, thankfully. When they come to visit, and I set something that is not ketchup or chicken fingers before them, they aren’t …[ read more ]

  • What’s the most important thing in life? Lessons from Alone
    Posted on Tuesday, September 7th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Alone, Discovery's Alone, Ecclesiastes 4:9-11, family, hurts of bitterness, need for family, need other, the need for others, we are social, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain Would you like a half a million dollars? I would. Fixated on Discovery’s Alone, I root for my favorite contestants. In one season, a man who had little to do with his family, who ignored his mother’s funeral for the adventure, who thought he needed no one, discovered otherwise. To a finalist–the main motivation in …[ read more ]

  • Lessons from Alone: Are You Hungry?
    Posted on Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Alone, Borrowed Lives, Carol McClain, hunger, oreos, Psalm 13:25, Pslam 37:25, real hunger, Writing Redemption

    @carol_mcclain Alone teaches us what being hungry really means. SPOILER ALERT: it’s not what Americans think. So much is said about the “food desert” here in the United States. I’m not so sure one exists. Maybe we have a chronic spelling problem and we’re really suffering from a “food dessert”? I’ve seen people go to food banks …[ read more ]

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        @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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