Being worthy has nothing to do with being able to walk on water. Take Peter, for instance. As one of Jesus’ inner circle, Peter was the first disciple who recognized that Jesus was the Messiah. He had walked with Him and had witnessed many miracles. Peter personally experienced the power…
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Have you ever been shopping and found an outfit that looks identical to the one your favorite celebrity wore on the red carpet, and for a fraction of the price? So you buy it only to realize it doesn't quite look like it did on the waif-thin actress. The clothes…
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I never danced formally until my sophomore year of college when, at my mother's behest, I agreed to be a debutante. My friend Eric agreed to be my escort. An elderly woman with a salt-and-pepper Farrah Fawcett hairdo that stuck to her head like a helmet taught us to waltz.…
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I kissed my third-grader Sommer on her forehead, tucked her in snugly, and turned to call it a day. “Good night, sweetheart! See you in the morning.” “Mommy!” Sommer’s voice cracked with emotion, calling me back to her side. I knew something was up. “What is it, baby doll?” I…
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Do you crave a dance? Do you desire an invitation from a Lover as music begins playing? I’ve seen dads dance with their daughters at weddings. I’ve also seen dads distance themselves from their daughters. David, a poetic author and my biblical hero who killed a giant and wrote songs…
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Jesus captured succinctly the paradoxical nature of life in his one statement most repeated in the Gospels: "Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." Such a statement goes against the search for "self-fulfillment" in advanced psychology -- which turns…
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If you don’t see God in all He has created, you are not likely to see Him in others or even in His own Son, Jesus. This breaks my heart because the God of all creation is the Master Designer whose majesty can be clearly seen in everything He created.…
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In the middle of a stiff winter wind she asks to go to the beach. That's where she says she wants to celebrate the turning of her calendar year, this year's birthday. To stand on the frozen snow and turn her face directly into whatever is coming this way. Nothing…
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“This can’t be Christian music,” I thought when I first saw the long-haired singer’s image on the cover of the vinyl album. Even his name was written in a swashbuckling script that looked way too worldly to my strict Baptist mind. The music sounded like mainstream rock-n-roll and the vocals…
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