Something Better than Vegetables (Finding Comfort in Providence, Part 3)
God is loving, but in a way that doesn't always match our demands and expectations. ...
Keep ReadingOccasional thoughts from Rob and Randy's (metaphorical) desks.
Which Step Are We On (and can I freak out yet)?
The surgeon told us not to get ahead of ourselves and start panicking. Scripture says the same thing....
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Entering the Wound
Having my brain surgery scheduled on Christmas Eve got me thinking......
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The Fine Line of Prayer for Healing
How do we pray when we don't know if God WILL do what he CAN do?...
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Wartime Learning, The Dying Senator, and Stupid Me
The reality of death is always there, but we are slow to notice until we are forced to see it....
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A New Curriculum I Didn't Plan
What's a pastor to do when all his plans take a sudden course correction?...
Preferring the Word
How can we receive the word "with love" if we're just not feeling that way?...
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Assuming Truth
When listening to the Word of God, we need to set aside our skepticism and criticism and receive it from a standpoint of faith....
Help Me, Please!
We may think we know how to read and hear what the Bible says, but the Bible tells us something different....
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You Do All Things Well (Finding Comfort in Providence, Part 2)
The greatest obstacle to trusting God's wisdom is that we fail to grasp how different God's thoughts are from our own....
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For the Want of a Nail (Finding Comfort in Providence, Part 1)
If we believe that God is on control of the big things, we have to believe he is in total control of all the small things, too....
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Even Christians Sing the Blues
Is sadness a sign of immaturity? Can I worship honestly if I'm not happy? Reading the Psalms might suggest that honest worship embraces the whole spectrum of our emotions. ...
Keep ReadingThe Problem of Adjectives Becoming Nouns
Scripture tells us to "regard no one according to the flesh." How does this affect the labels our society encourages us to use?...
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Reflections on Debate
What does the pastor of a small Presbyterian church think about while in a room full of Presbyterian pastors in the midst of a debate?...
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Praying our Frustration
Are things getting better? Worse? About the same? And what does that mean for how we live as God's people?...
Keep ReadingPraying for the Nation, Praying for the Kingdom
How do those with citizenship in heaven pray for an earthly nation?...
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Surprised by Answered Prayer
How long should we pray for something? Until we receive an answer. An old prayer request list on the church computer helped me understand that....
Keep ReadingTainted Meat and Chocolate Bunnies
What do we do when we hear that popular holiday traditions are connected with paganism? ...
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