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The SCOTUS has ruled on same-sex marriage. They are in favor of same-sex marriage. I want to remind everyone that SCOTUS is NOT the SUPREME court – God is. And He is not in favor of it. Millenia ago God declared marriage to be the union of one man and one woman. He has not changed…

I heard on the news this morning that we forgive to be free from the hurt an injury. I heard we forgive because God commanded it. I heard we forgive in order to move on from the tragedy. All that is true but it isn’t the real reason to forgive. The real reason and basis…

Rachel Dolezal didn’t identify as a white…so she chose to become black. But, in reality, she couldn’t become black. It is something you are or are not. I was born white with white parents, siblings, cousins, grandparents. I am white. No matter how hard I try, I can never be anything else. Rachel changed her…

There are two new books I’d like to recommend! First a disclaimer: both are written by friends! Your Sacred Yes, Trading Life-Draining Obligations for Freedom, Passion and Joy by Susie Larson. and Killing Cows, Six Sacred Cows Keeping You from A fully Satisfied Life by Tony Ferraro. Both are excellent. They can be ordered on Amazon.…

How many people in recent years have been felled by a hidden sin in their life? It wasn’t bad enough to have their sin, mistake, crime found out but they compounded it by trying to cover it up. Presidents, Governors, Senators, pastors, sports figure, leaders of all sorts…TV personalities… Often the crime is not as…

So much rain! I am sure the dear folks in Texas wonder if it will even stop. Maybe they are identifying with Noah by now. If only we could send some of that rain to California where they are suffering a record draught. The devastation in Texas and Oklahoma I see in the news is…

War is hideous. In recent years I think, in many ways, we have become immune to war’s hideousness and ugliness. We watch wars play out on television sitting in our living rooms. War is a decision men/women make in Washington and we rarely feel it’s consequences. But this weekend may we pause to think about…

I heard on the radio this morning that ISIS has taken more Christian hostages in Syria. And the politicians are wringing their hands wondering what should be done. So much is happening in the world but Monday morning the news broadcasts were filled with news about the Oscars: who won, who wore what, who said…

We have heard that 21 Coptic Christians died at the brutal hands of ISIS over the weekend. They are martyrs for their faith. As I was having my devotions this morning the words of an old hymn written by Frederick Faber came to  mind:   Faith of our fathers living still In spite of dungeon,…

I arrived back in the US Wednesday afternoon after traveling almost 20 hours from India – literally half way around the world. It was  a marvelous, fascinating, exhausting trip. A host of wonderful memories of sights and sounds. Last Sunday as we drove to the tent (a temporary, bamboo structure covered with cloths of many colors)…
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