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Posted on August 11, 2021August 10, 2021

Don’t forget to play

In our house, we try not to overemphasize winning. An overly competitive spirit in the home (and as a worldview) can sow quite a bit…

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Posted on July 20, 2021July 19, 2021

By His blood

Here's a touching scene at the end of C.S. Lewis's The Silver Chair (one of his Narnia Chronicles). Perhaps it will bring you hope today--as…

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Posted on June 16, 2021June 15, 2021

Love/hate

I have a love/hate relationship with writing, preaching, piano playing, woodworking, cooking--many of the things I mostly love, but regularly find frustrating because they are…

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Posted on June 11, 2021June 11, 2021

Small memories

My retired friend shared how much it meant to him that his Grandfather would take him into his garden with a couple of salt shakers…

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Posted on April 21, 2021April 15, 2021

The good, the bad, the joyful

The best argument for Christianity is Christians: their joy, their certainty, their completeness. But the strongest argument against Christianity is also Christians--when they are sombre…

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Posted on April 2, 2021March 23, 2021

Good Friday

Today is Good Friday--the day Christians commemorate Christ's death on a Roman cross over two-thousand years ago. Our church will meet at noon. Many will…

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Posted on March 23, 2021March 11, 2021

Adoration

"The life of true holiness is rooted in the soil of awed adoration."J.I. Packer My kids laugh at my jokes. Nobody's told them, yet, that…

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Posted on March 9, 2021February 25, 2021

Traction

My earliest memory is of snow. I was three years old, and our Chevy Citation was stuck. We couldn't get enough traction to climb the…

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Posted on February 23, 2021February 11, 2021

Enchantment

Enchantment is an interesting word. The dictionary has two definitions: 1) a feeling of great pleasure; delight: the enchantment of the mountains; and 2) the state of…

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Posted on February 12, 2021February 4, 2021

Three kinds

There are three kinds of people in the world. The first class is of those who live simply for their own sake and pleasure, regarding…

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