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Shaken and Aftershocks

From 10/21/2015: “What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.” C. S. Lewis Yesiree, now isn’t that the truth? Sometimes an experience challenges the philosophy one has, based on prior experience, so...

Vulnerability and Public Emotional Ambush

I had read my morning seedbed.com Daily Text Devo….  a reader’s personal testimony about God’s wonderful grace in reconciling a broken relationship with a daughter.  It made me grateful that my own daughter, Charlotte, and I finally seem to have some...

Time To Shout

Heard: “Emotions don’t make you any less holy; they make you more human.” We use emotions to cry out for help, just like Peter, who cried out to Jesus, “Help me!” as he sank in the waves. Calling out for more of Jesus doesn’t mean...

Driving Courtesy

Driving today in moderately heavy after-school traffic- Me: (out loud to the driver of the red car in the center lane) I see your signal. Come on in. I’ll give you space to merge into this lane. (as several other cars zipped right by her.) Student: You always do...

Ready Testimony

9/1/2014 It’s amazing what a little bit of discipleship will do! In a very brief time of working with someone, her faith begins to grow and the Holy Spirit begins to bring forth fruit in a little sapling…..as the fruit grows, others begin to see it and ask...

Grow Through Study: Know God, Know Yourself

 Sean Dietrich this week wrote about boiled peanuts.  His memoir made me smile as I, too, have stopped many times at roadside vendors and bought a bagful to eat while traveling in Alabama!  It also reminded of a talk I gave at a retreat in 2001 that I began with a...