One of the greatest thrills of my life has been to be called “Mom” by my three wonderful children, and of course, now, “Mimi” by our 11 grandchildren. As any busy mother will tell you, the years fly by from those first days peering over the baby’s cradle, to the…
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I can still see their faces and the big cheesy grins that swept from ear to ear. Christian and his friend Chase sat up in their twin beds like little princes with room service menus in hand. I had brought Christian and his buddy with me to Fort Lauderdale, where…
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Wednesday We killed the Nazarene heretic today. For the Jewish holidays, Bellicus and I were placed on the speira assigned to the Sanhedrin. It’s the duty nobody wants, so it’s mainly comprised of grunts from the 7th cohort. It’s bad enough being bossed around by your centurion, but when one…
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Being normal isn't quite as easy and painless as it once seemed to be. In fact, it's more time consuming than ever. There aren't enough hours in the day to buy, sell, drive, cook, clean, call, shop, eat, plan, study, write, review, schedule, and follow through on everything. Overwhelmed, overloaded,…
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Only moments earlier, a lifeless object had lain on the ground. In a moment, everything shifted, and now, standing boldly in the light, a man stared intently upward and gasped in new air. What had been dead tissue was now bright pink lungs, rising and falling with every vigorous breath. …
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"We will have to move through a very deep valley, I believe much deeper than we can since now, before we will be able to send the other side again." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer As Adolf Hitler rose to power in the early 1930’s, he sought to influence the German churches for…
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Most of the focus on Christ is either the Christ of the past or the Christ of the future. Many, with a nostalgia that enhances Israel's tourist industry, go back to take the steps where He once walked. I too have enjoyed the tour and have led others on the…
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I once read that Willie Nelson, the country star, bought his own golf course. Somebody asked what “par” was. “Anything I want it to be,” he replied. “See that hole over there? It’s a par 47.” Then he added, “And yesterday, I birdied it!” That would be laughable if it…
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“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." (2 Timothy 1:7, NKJV) The New King James renders this phrase in the Greek as “sound mind.” The other part of the phrase is where we get the…
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As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of…
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