Tag: Jesus
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a thrill of hope
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining! It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth. I didn’t grow up celebrating Christmas in the traditional sense. Our family exchanged gifts, and by that, I mean my parents gave me gifts, and that was about it. The church culture I was raised in frowned upon…
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Thanking Turkeys
A few years ago, a friend posted up the following status on Facebook: “I’m thankful for all the turkeys that sacrificed their lives today.” My overactive mind went along with the image: years and years ago, a lone, innocent turkey willingly let itself be slaughtered so that two estranged cultures could unite and celebrate together as…
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there Love defined
Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko said, “A poet’s autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.” there Love defined a curious day ’twas today that found desire and drive allayed! the earth lay washed in amber tones, the air hung thick, heavy with storm and as men oft do in such times i…
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praying for God knows what
God has a funny way of really getting your attention. Yesterday, I began writing a post on prayer and how we try to curry favor from God. We think that if we butter Him up with flattering adjectives and phrases, dubbing it “praise”, then He’ll be in a better mood to answer our prayer requests.…
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