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Jun 2020
Asking God’s Guidance to Do the Right Thing

Art and I are watching a series on our TV on Acorn in which one of the main female characters rarely takes responsibility for things that go awry on the family ranch that she runs. She’s always blaming someone else for cattle that get out of the pen, a broken water pump, a lost opportunity or trouble in a relationship. Sometimes Art and I look at each other and say, “Why doesn’t she just say, ‘I did that,’ or, ‘I wish I’d done that differently,’ or even, ‘I’m sorry’”? Over the series,......

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Fire and Hope

Fire and Hope

My puppet, Flynn the firefighter, joined me twice this week for “Who’s With Me Tonight?”* at 7 p.m. on St. Mark’s Facebook. On Monday, Flynn and I talked about how some things like fire...


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Breathe

Breathe

I can feel myself beginning to get impatient. Some people are naturally patient but I’m not. I work to cultivate patience through thoughts and prayers. But my mind is constantly twirling with next things,...


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Our Pause

Our Pause

Back in March we paused all in-person gatherings on our church campus for the health and safety of all those who attend worship, classes, committees and groups at our church and for our church...


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A Generous Life

A Generous Life

Do you remember the stories in Scripture about people wandering or praying or waiting for 40 or more years or days before coming through to a new place? After the Hebrew people are delivered...


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Rocket Fuel

Rocket Fuel

In my Wednesday, April 22, devotion I read “Giving thanks to God for sustaining us is like adding rocket fuel to our spiritual journey.” I started thinking about the power in rocket fuel, propelling...


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