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Life is Difficult
I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the heavens. What a heavy burden God has laid on mankind! — Ecclesiastes 1:13 Many years ago, when…
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
“The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether they eat little or much, but as for the rich, their abundance permits them no sleep.”Ecclesiastes 5:12 While flying home from Germany recently, I watched a…
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Render Unto Caesar, But Don’t Move In
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. – Matthew 6:21 In just three more days, America turns 250! A few weeks ago, we had the privilege of spending time in…
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The East Wind Still Blows
No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them. – Ecclesiastes 1:11 “Wheaties, Wheaties, Wheaties, that’s all we get, bloody Wheaties.” I…
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When the World Comes to Play
“The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night…
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One Thing
“But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” — 2 Peter 3:8 (NIV) Billy Crystal…
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The Stories That Keep Them Near
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens… He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart.” – Ecclesiastes…
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Narrative Fatigue
“He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth… like a lamb that is led to the slaughter.” — Isaiah 53:7 That’s not how our world works. We live in a…
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Spotter! 🎳🍕
“It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it.” — 3 John 1:3 Back in my late teens,…
