Once in a corporate setting, I participated in an activity called a trust fall. In this team building exercise, participants take turns intentionally falling while relying on others to catch and hold them up. If you were a team member selected to fall, you would fold your arms against your chest, then either tilt backwards […]
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Recently, a memory from high school led me to explore how praying Scripture helps us discover God’s direction: Several friends and I had traveled to a neighboring city to attend our first concert. In our excitement to sing along with the pop rock sensation Rick Springfield, we did not pay close attention to the route
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Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4 NIV Spring… Here in the heartland of America, the start of
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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 NIV The Way… Jesus left heaven to become the way there–a love message he and his Father, as one, prepared. Born to Earth as God in flesh,his story delivers our ultimate forgiveness.
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Strolling through a glass paneled showroom brimming with greenery, flowers, and sunlight would be a pleasure any time of year, but it is an especially welcome activity during the final days of winter. During the months of February and March, the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis holds their annual orchid show. With an estimated
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