Tag: hope
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Carrying On When We Don’t Understand
We can always think of some tragedy horrible enough that it just doesn’t seem fair for God to allow Satan to take it that far.
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Now These Three Remain: Faith, Hope, and… Anxiety?
My hope as a Christian is not just a wish on a star; it is not based on my own planning; it is based on the promise of God, and that’s a promise you can take to the bank (Hebrews 6:13-18). But this is also why I still have anxiety at times— even when I’ve…
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A Setting For Your Story
Sadly, in recent years my mom has developed severe short-term memory loss. It’s almost as if she is constantly grasping for an understanding of her setting.
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Honeymoon
Even good marriages have conflicts and low points, and in our individual journeys of faith, we may have times that we find our spiritual enthusiasm waning. But sometimes it is the very tribulation, the problems, the conflicts, the difficult things that lead us back to hope. Why? How?
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A Tribute To My Mentor And Friend
I had some bad news early one morning recently. If you’ve ever lost a good friend suddenly, you know the pain. Carolyn Sue Claxton was not only my mentor in the jail ministry, she was my good friend. She treated me like an equal, a partner. And partners we were.
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