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Monthly Archives: February 2015
Lent: A Call to a Cause
Tuesday, I suggested that you add prayer to your schedule as a Lenten sacrifice. Wednesday, I suggested that you make that a prayer for someone you don’t much like. Here’s another option. Pray for a cause, a situation, circumstances that … Continue reading
Posted in Door of opportunity\
Tagged AIDS orphans, Ebola epidemic, failing schools, Lent, persecuted Christians, prayer, sex trafficking
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It’s All about Me – NOT
In another place and time, a coworker suggested that our mutual boss needed prayer. It was true. He was acting more like a teenager than a manager. He was moody, arrogant and distracted. I took her suggestion to heart. But … Continue reading
Posted in Door of opportunity\
Tagged humility, manager, prayer
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A True Lenten Sacrifice
Give up a bit of yourself for Lent. Pray daily for someone who annoys you, aggravates you, drives you crazy. Matthew 5:44-45 (CEV) I tell you to love your enemies and pray for anyone who mistreats you. Then … Continue reading
Posted in Door of opportunity\
Tagged Lent, Matthew 5:44-45, pray
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Virtual Warriors
What’s your take on video games? What fun! What a waste of time! All that violence can’t be good Gaming has become a national pastime. It’s blamed for obesity, damage to relationships and increasing violence. And … Continue reading
Posted in Door of opportunity\
Tagged prayer, video games, virtual warfare
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A Serious Question: Fifty Shades of Grey
How many people who enthusiastically embrace Fifty Shades of Grey also embrace the message in this verse? Ephesians 5:22 (ESV) Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Take note of the parallel message for … Continue reading
Posted in Window on our culture
Tagged Ephesian:25s 5:22, Ephesians 5, Fifty shades of grey
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Fifty Shades of Glory
Posted in Foundation of faith
Tagged :, glories of heaven, Revelation 43
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Fifty Shades of Black & White
It was a stormy morning commute–dreary sky fading into the distant horizon, bold lines of telephone poles and trees punctuating dark hulks of evergreens and buildings. Even the stripes on the road were grayed over with salt and slush. My … Continue reading
Posted in Foundation of faith
Tagged black and white, color vision, cone cells, Genesis 1:31
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Fifty Shades of Sin
There is a stark contrast between white snow on the fields and dirty snow along the roadside. Fresh flakes are quickly transformed into at least fifty shades of gray (that’s not original with me; I heard it on the … Continue reading
Posted in Foundation of faith
Tagged Fifty shades of grey, Psalm 19:11-12, roadside snow
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Fifty Shades of Snow
Fifty Shades of Grey. I didn’t read the book, and I’m not going to the movie. But it got me thinking about color. Suppose you need some white paint. What to choose? creamy white white sand sun washed … Continue reading
Posted in Foundation of faith
Tagged color, Fifty Shades of, snow, white
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