Thank you, God, for this bountiful feast,for blessings that surround, and burdens eased.Thank you for family and for friends–for their companionship on which we depend. Beyond these gifts which are easier to view,we’re thankful for the Holy Spirit who makes us new.We’re thankful for Jesus, for his sacrifice erasing sin’s debt,and for your promise to […]
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If I had to pick just one word to describe California’s Yosemite National Park, it would be “vast”. In fact, according to Wikipedia, the park of nearly 1,200 square miles is approximately the same size as the state of Rhode Island, and it contains roughly 800 miles of hiking trails. It is so big that
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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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