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God's Value Proposition

God’s Value Proposition

Last week Jeff Bezos shared a value proposition, what some have called a brutal truth: Create more than you consume. Thinking about the past year and our bigger walk with God, I wondered if his comments had any application to

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Who are you?

Last week I talked about my son’s friend, a young man who’s a felon. When I finished filming, I immediately had a moment. Should I have said he was an ex-felon? I googled the question: “Felon or ex-felon?” and learned

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Loving Kindness

“Spots” of Loving Kindness

My son Kyle met his friend at the gym. They’d bonded over tattoos and weightlifting equipment. Over time, while spotting each other, while doing whatever weightlifting guys do, Kyle learned a lot about his friend. “It’s an amazing story, Mom.”

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When Life Gets Smaller

When Life Gets Smaller

God’s love celebrates with us. His love also gives us refuge when life happens, when life gets smaller, when uncertainty abounds and grief intrudes.

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A Bit Player

Feel Like a Bit Player in God’s Great Story?

Have you ever felt like a bit player in God’s story? That person with a minor, unimportant, unimpressive role? And not just minor, unimportant, and unimpressive, but someone whose scenes should be cut entirely and left on the editing room’s

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Let God be God

How do we let God be God?

Are you able to let God be God? Too often I refuse to let God be God. Too often I discount God’s will, His way, and His when, thinking I know best. Stuck in traffic last week, I told myself

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