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Is God Love or is Love God?
Love is… I’ve read appropriately lovely thoughts on the subject of love in several blogs today. What else is there to say? Do we really need one more “love” post? Probably not, but what the heck....
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Is Love Contagious?
Is love contagious? Can trust be transmitted to others? Paul J. Zak, author of the forthcoming book The Moral Molecule, documents a connection between demonstrations of love and trust and levels of...
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Mother’s Day Any Day
An article on Mother’s Day from the National Women’s History Project describes the women who inspired and founded Mother’s Day, Anna Jarvis and her daughter, also an Anna. “The younger Anna Jarvis was...
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Forward Looking Hope
My family lost a loved one this week. Wednesday’s funeral service for my Uncle Carl was a lovely tribute to his well-lived life, and the lunch that followed was an opportunity to share hugs, tears and...
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One Faith; Different Vocabularies
Every Christian should be able to state the foundational truth of his or her faith in Jesus Christ and an experiential reality of living as his disciple. But we will not all use the same vocabulary. In...
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Fearful Attraction
I developed a fear of dogs as a toddler after going eyeball to eyeball with an aggressive dachshund in a dark hallway. (Even a small dog, when its paws are on your two-year-old shoulders, is...
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Life Beyond a Stroke
photo credit: Phototropy via photopin cc I was living life fully loaded: teaching opportunities were suddenly plentiful, spending time with family and friends was a joy, and getting ready for anther...
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A Year of Thanksgiving
While we’re devouring turkey, stuffing, cranberry salad and pumpkin pie, among other goodies, I hope we won’t forget what we’re celebrating. This year I am especially grateful. I thank God for life,...
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A Year of Love
For some, Valentine’s Day means a perfunctory display of love, fed by florists, Hallmark and chocolatiers, but for me it is an opportunity to remember love shown throughout the year. Every year has...
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How Strong is Your Vocabulary?
How strong is your vocabulary? (Click here to find out.) A robust vocabulary can be an advantage in life, or at least it is in Scrabble or Words with Friends. Some people enrich their words by doing...
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Three Steps to Follow Jesus when Making Tough Decisions
We all follow leaders. The question is, who’s leading? Most of us follow some combination of our peers, people we admire, advertising, media outlets, and most importantly for Christians, Jesus. As a...
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God’s Loyal Love
The beautiful book of Ruth is far more than a well told story. It teaches us that God’s loyal love always looks out for vulnerable people and was as present in the Old Testament as it is in the New...
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Church in a Diner
A friend of mine posted the following on Facebook, and she gave me permission to share it with you. God is working at all times, in all places, and maybe, if we raise our sights to notice, he will work...
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Love Never Fails
Photo by Brigitte Tohm on Unsplash We say things like love will find a way, and love is all that matters, and love never fails. But then life happens. We get busy, caught up in our own desires and...
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Lent: A Spiritual Reset
I grew up in a mainline denomination, and there were aspects about it that I admired and other features that were not particularly helpful. One thing that I appreciated, and that I miss, is its...
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