Disappointment With God
By Philip Yancey 2015, Zondervan, 304 pages I didn’t know half the world was disappointed with God, as I have been, until I read Philip...
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Little Yellow Rental Car
My little yellow rental car started talking to me yesterday in the middle of Wisconsin. I’m serious! After several hours of driving from...
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“Faith” (or, A Ride on the Viper), part 1
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Today’s surprise: a wild roller-coaster ride in the cab of life! Sparks began to fly (in a good way) in the...
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“Faith” (or, A Ride on the Viper), part 2
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Now, what do you suppose prompted my friend’s former colleague to phone-call him, on this particular day? Ten...
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Dead-Ends and Detours
Sunday, May 11, 2008 You know how you wait and wait and wait for the chance to have that coveted interview, and then finally the day...
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What’s In A Name?
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Grass Between My Toes
Monday, April 21, 2008 Our mini small group met tonight and discussed the first week of our prayer experiment: praying daily the prayer,...
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Good Friday at a Quarter Past 7
Thursday, March 20, 2008 An old man stumbled into the Good Friday service that I was attending, 15 minutes after the start of the...
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Crowd-Surfing on Good Friday
Friday, April 18, 2014 Out of the corner of my eye I saw an older woman quickly stand to reach up and touch the cross as it came...
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Renewed at Noon
Thursday, March 27, 2014 I made an exception on Ash Wednesday this year because two of my dear Chinese students invited me to a...
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Call From God on my Samsung Galaxy, part 1
Monday, March 31, 2014 M. Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled, one of the best-selling books of all-time, tells a story about...
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Call From God on my Samsung Galaxy, part 2
Monday, March 31, 2014 Every morning God calls me on my smartphone. At 8:00 a.m. to be exact. And He’s always on time. It doesn’t...
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Hosting x2
July 21, 2009 “Could we take another Chinese student?” Phyllis asked? “Let me talk with my wife about it,” I responded as my mind quickly...
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Fasting for Larry
May 2, 2009 I’ve been meaning to fast and pray for quite some time, but I just never seem to get to it. Until Thursday. Now it was...
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Going Home: The Gift of a Normal Life
Saturday, January 26, 2008 | New Orleans Our normal 20 minute devotion stretched into 90 minutes on our last night together in the...
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Mrs. Float's Home
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 | New Orleans All I could think about while I worked was “This is Mrs. Float’s HOME.” It’s not a temporary...
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Bourbon Street, New Orleans
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | New Orleans, Bourbon Street Everyone’s your friend on Bourbon Street. And it looks just like the scene in the...
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Rebuilding Life in a Ghost Town
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 | New Orleans-Day 3 Mr. Lauchlin owns this house and is eager to get it rebuilt. She has the money to rebuild,...
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Making A Difference for Mrs. Lachlin
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New Orleans: Post-Katrina Clean-Up
Saturday, January 19, 2008 Pretty incredible picture, isn't it? It doesn't all look like this, but there's still lot's of buildings,...
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