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THANKSGIVING: Before you throw down, throw Yadah.
One of the many traditions of Thanksgiving is the Thankful Round Table. You know it. Before the turkey throw down, everyone around the...
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Nov 155 min read
How do you forgive the unforgivable: When enough is enough
Fill in the blank: I love(d) _________________ more than anyone else on earth. Instructions: You cannot fill in the blank with the answer...
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Nov 94 min read
Good news for a bad week: “Butt Dust”
Psalms in the Key of Life Series I don’t know about you, but I could sure use some good news after the week I had. The Proverbist writes...
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Oct 193 min read
How to bring back the good old days of "good-doing"—Psalm 34
“Psalms in the Key of Life Series…” Every day, no matter the weather, 20-year-old Justin Korva walked to work. Did we mention he lived...
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Oct 125 min read
The Right One according to Psalm 1
Psalms in the Key of Life Series Jennifer Lopez found him three times. Liz Taylor found him eight times. Mickey Rooney found her eight...
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Oct 53 min read
Psalm 23: The Lord is your Shepherd. (Cast your ballot today.)
Psalms in the Key of Life Series In less than thirty days, Americans will be deciding on the top office of leadership of the land for...
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Sep 304 min read
How to Fight Your Fears (Psalm 27-Part 2)
"Psalms in the Key of Life Series…” In a fearful time in America, Franklin D. Roosevelt at his first inaugural speech said, "The only...
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Sep 204 min read
How to Fight Your Fears (Psalm 27-Part 1)
Psalms in the Key of Life Series Two of my favorite movies are Coach Carter and Akeelah and the Bee . Both movies have one central...
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Sep 136 min read
Where was God on 9/11—in the stewardship of men?
This week we observed the 23rd anniversary of 9/11. We saw again in our remembrances, planes taking down the twin towers; a plane...
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Sep 73 min read
The Secret to Being Rich is No Secret: Generosity adds up.
When Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson of St. Mary’s Academy, a Catholic school in New Orleans, Louisiana, made history with finding a...
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Aug 313 min read
Celebrate Majesty; don’t mock it.
In 1968, America needed Earth Rising. On April 4, Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. Three months later, presidential candidate...
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Aug 243 min read
How to stay out of God’s Doghouse
Consider this poignant cartoon that gave me pause to think about the doghouse—that metaphorical bastion of banishment. A man with pillow...
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Aug 174 min read
How “R” you, today?
I bet at least once a day you are asked: How are you, today? Depending on how you are actually feeling and whose asking, the response...
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Aug 103 min read
Who Does God favor, my little hummingbird?
We are in the heat of Olympic fervor. The final days of Gold Medal moments are a upon us. Fans aren’t holding back who back they...
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Aug 33 min read
How to Disagree without Destroying
“You say potato, I say po-TAH-to. You say tomato, I say to-MAH-to. Let’s call the whole thing off.” These clever lyrics worked on the big...
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Jul 273 min read
Love- 100, Autism-0. Love wins again.
As the first week of the Summer Olympics in Paris are underway, all eyes are glued on the medal count score board as the best athletes in...
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Jul 204 min read
What Do You Do When You (and Your God) are Being Bullied
A police officer jumped into his squad car and called the station. “I have an interesting case here,” he said. “A woman shot her husband...
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Jul 134 min read
Patience: “Kaboom” or “Kool like that!”
“Welcome to church. May I take your order, please. Yes, I would like: one prayer, one song, one sermon. How would you like that? Short,...
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Jul 53 min read
Have a Fifth on the Fourth and be Free. (A Fifth of Acts)
It’s the Fourth of July weekend, a time when many celebrate freedom—freedom from King George, freedom to march, freedom to speak, freedom...
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Jun 293 min read
A Test of Greatness—a God show and tell
We all know Charles Schultz, the creator of the beloved “Peanuts” cartoon characters—chief among, Charlie Brown, the baseball team...
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