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Tag Archives: God
Love Is Irrational
Originally posted on Walking the path:
Don and Jo 1967 (2-minute read) I love my wife. Why? I don’t know; I just do. I can tell you why I like her or admire her. I have reasons for those, but…
Posted in Quips and Quotes, Writing
Tagged aging, blogging, commitment, Featured Blogger, God, love, marriage, wisdom
11 Comments
Just Mitch
My Real Memoir God believed in me. Even though, by my teens, I’d decided he didn’t exist and had come to consider believers rather simple-minded. Still, I could be tactfully dodgy. I told my pen pal Judy I believed in … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Memoir, Quips and Quotes
Tagged 1960s, funny, God, love, My Real Memoir, peace, The Diary of Anne Frank
38 Comments
Do You Have Unfinished Business?
Thought for the Week Tom and I have been friends for many years, and I love him to a fault. Which is convenient since he regularly confesses his faults. He’s a sincere but weak believer who is sick of his … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged depression, encouragement, God, James 1:2-4, motivation, personal growth, purpose
38 Comments
Ugly?
“He’s not ugly. You’re just looking with ugly eyes.” ~4 1/2 year old daughter of a friend May we learn to see with beautiful eyes. Today and always. “For God formed their inward parts, knitted them together in their mother’s … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged beauty, creation, God, love, miracles, people, Psalm 139:13-14
30 Comments
Helping Others Worship God With Their Whole Being
I previously served as Director of Worship at a large church, and this was my manifesto: We’re called to love our Creator with “all our hearts and souls and might” (Deuteronomy 6:5), in other words with our whole being. We … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged Creator, God, leaders, pastors, praise, teaching, worship
25 Comments
Start Here
Image by cottonbro studios Thought for the Week I believe in the power of words to change people’s lives. Jesus’ words, more than anyone else’s, have changed the way I think, speak and live. For example, after referring to the … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged God, happiness, motivation, peace, thought for the week, truth, wisdom
31 Comments
Look Closer
“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you even Solomon in all his glory was not adorned like one of these.” ~Matthew 6:28-29 “Or ask the animals and they will … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged beauty, God, Job 12:7-10, Matthew 6:28-29, purpose, spring, truth
22 Comments
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Eye of the storm: 1) (noun) Calm region at the center of a hurricane; 2) (idiom) Calm in the midst of conflict or a tumultuous situation “If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged calm, conflict, God, hope, Psalm 139:11-14, spiritual guidance, trust
22 Comments
Reaching Your Destination
Thought for the Week To you who are in emotional travail who long for healing now right here where you are I want to say healing awaits because it does But it is not here It is in a place … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Poetry
Tagged anxiety, destiny, God, healing, journey, motivation, purpose, thought for the week
39 Comments
There Is No Growth Without Change
“But it is the LORD himself who goes before you and will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. So do not be afraid and do not be discouraged.” ~Deuteronomy 31:8 ≈
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged change, courage, Deuteronomy 31:8, encouragement, fear, God, personal growth
19 Comments