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God does not need you to defend the faith. God asks only that you exercise the faith given to you. Read more…

The plague of the Pharisees is an easy trap to fall into as Christians if we are not watchful, and the very reason we were told to be careful of their leaven. A little leaven over time can leaven the whole lump leaving us thinking we are moving in the right direction. Read more…

While I have always noted that our greatest gifts show up as our greatest weaknesses, I have only now recognized how I heard the lesson, but flunked the application. Read more…

Part of my call from God is to justice. Most of it is on a tiny scale, but on rare occasions it has had national exposure. I have been puzzled, though, that when it comes to justice for myself I have no success. Read more…

Every once in awhile I am struck by how kind God is – to me. I think of how my life compares now to that of my childhood. Read more…