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How to Lose Your Soul – Part I
Wordlessness How can you tell Soul from Head from Heart? It can seem that the Self is a whirl of competing demands and voices and feeling…and indeed, that may be just a wonderful fact of being...
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Surviving the Storm – Two Houses
The house across the street is undergoing a radical transformation. Several weeks ago I wrote about the crew and the sledgehammers that showed up very early that one Monday morning and got to work...
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How to Be a Minister of God’s Love
Getting to heaven is a simple proposition when you deconstruct it. Believe. More specifically, believe in Jesus (John 6:47). Say yes to the person and work of Jesus, mean it, and BOOM! You now have...
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Spiritual Priorities
“God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of things,” someone wrote, “and right now I am so far behind I will never die!” We laugh at that, but if you are a person like me, who always feels...
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Praying for Our Nation
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:9-10 Some years ago I began praying for my nation. Maybe you have prayed these...
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When There Are No Answers
God never promises that we will have all of the answers on this side of heaven. O Lord, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, we will not die… Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you...
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See Me, Encourage Me
Everyone needs a little encouragement—to been seen, to be appreciated, to be listened to, to be honored with a moment of your time. I mean everyone. God reminded me of this last week in South Carolina....
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Recovery Requires Unlearning Old Behavior
When I live in the past, I live in regret. When I live in the future, I live in fear. When I stay in the present, everything is as it should be—Anonymous After the pain from being abused begins to...
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Conquering Your Fears
What frightens you most? What image creates panic, anxiety or worry? Take a few moments to dwell on your fear. Envision the fear coming true and then laugh. You are likely thinking, how ludicrous. How...
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The Secret to Real Strength
Remember when Popeye the Sailor Man would pop open a can of spinach, guzzle down the green goop and BAM!, his biceps would bulge? Then, he wielded extra power, speed, wit and energy to foil Bluto’s...
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4 Ways to Keep a Positive Mindset
Want to enjoy what God has given you to do. Need some encouragement on how to stay steadfast and persistent, steady and sure? SCH Contributor Debbie Williamson shares her proven strategy with 4 Ways...
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Obsessed with Success- When Ambition Turns Toxic
As a kid I had a Batman helmet, pajamas, and soap on a rope. I wanted to have special power, defend the weak, and stick it to the bad guy. During my pre-teen years I traded my Batman helmet for a...
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The Desire To Be Seen
Years ago I attended a national mothering conference. A lot of women had gathered together to have fun, bond with friends, and learn how to be better mothers. Unfortunately I didn’t attend with other...
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Learning to Serve Others
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen—Unknown One of the really great recovery slogans in Alcoholics Anonymous is this: It really isn’t yours until you give it away....
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Taking Hits in the Name of Faith
Are we taking some hits in the name of our faith? And yes. We’re talking about rocks. No welts on our foreheads? No bruises on our arms or legs? Then it might be time to ask ourselves the question,...
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The One Thing God Asks
Sometimes being available to God means crossing an ocean to be a missionary, or moving a thousand miles or starting a crisis pregnancy center. But sometimes even harder is following God in the small...
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How Do You Measure Success?
There’s a flood of self-help and positive thinking books and teaching out there, and it’s infected the church in a big way as well. I’m a positive person, but it doesn’t take much study of great...
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How to Talk to God
Do you wonder if God is out there listening? Do you question if He cares? Many of us want to talk to God—to pray—but we don’t know how to start. Here are some things that might help: You don’t need a...
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God Is Good In Spite Of My Procrastination
If you could see my desk you would chuckle. Okay, maybe not. Perhaps you would have pity on me, volunteer your time and set to work on my massive to-do list. (Any takers? eh? eh?) Seriously, I have...
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Have You Fallen in Love with God?
That’s my question for the day: Have you fallen in love with God? And to explain my answer I need to tell you a lit bit about my story. I grew up going to church for the most part. It started when I...
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