Emergent Bursts of Prayer

The siren’s whine cut through the music bounding from my headphones as I walked. “It must be close,” I thought.  Glancing at the distant road leading into our neighborhood, red emergency vehicles whizzed past.  Nurse brain and adrenaline kicked in as I envisioned how to help until the EMTs arrived.  As the sirens faded, I …

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The Spy Who Was Loved

I’m so thrilled to share my friend Christina Hubbard’s words this Third Thursday on allowing God to love us, just as we are! I’ve always wanted to be a spy. A black-suited world-traveling hero adept at accents and disguises, thwarting evil with a swift karate chop and remaining cool under any lie detector test. I …

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Finding Margin Part 2

We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. 9 In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. ~ 2 Corinthians 1:8b-9 NLT Ever feel like the apostle …

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How to Lighten our Grip

Let me know.  I ask, text and email this phrase as my mind whirls with plans.  God created me with an organization gene.  I consider it one of my gifts.  But I’m learning I cannot plan and control everything.  Collaboration is necessary.  So I organize then ask others to ‘let me know’ their input, decisions …

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Never Run Alone

Steadfast, yet disappointed. I am sure, yet unsure of what’s next. A call brought even more worry. Plans cancelled and left without what was eagerly anticipated, I sat wondering what next while overwhelmed at what was to come.  Tired and searching, I asked God what to write about and sensed it was about faith. I opened …

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