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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Morning Benediction
May the grace of God’s good hand
be upon you
and those you love
on this day
that he has made. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetry, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged benediction, blessing, favor, goodness, grace, sharing, sharing Christ, sharing grace, sharing love, witness
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Grizzly Encounter
They first saw the grizzly, upwind and upslope of them, from nearly a half-mile away. They knew right away it had seen them, too. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Spiritual Contemplation, Sports
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Tagged Alaskan, angels, bear attack, caribou, caribou hunting, close call, danger, deliverance, grizzly, grizzly encounter, hunting, rainbow
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Answered Prayers
For the past several months, Randa and I have been praying for God’s direction in our life and in our church. It has been a bit of an unsettled summer. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged answers to prayer, direction, God's direction, helping, hitchhikers, providence, serving others
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Holding the Rare Moment
This animal could kill me
with a single kick
but he doesn’t even twitch
as I kneel beside him, Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Farming, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged dawn, full moon, gelding, horses, Rocky Mountain gelding, Rocky Mountain horse, trust, vulnerability
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A Pretty Simple Theology
But, as I looked to the right at the intersection, I saw a young man sitting in the grass beside the street, maybe two hundred feet away. So, I turned right. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged church, friendly church, hitchhiker, Menards, ride, theology
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For a Daughter, Five Hundred Miles Away
How I wish that the peace of this night
could somehow soothe your heart
in the midst of this agony of betrayal and loss; Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged beauty, comfort, Comforter, daughter, divorce, father, full moon, Holy Spirit, moon, night, pain, peace, prayer
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Something’s Up
When a congregation begins to repent and confess its sins and submit to God, it becomes a changed church. This is called revival. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged change, church, confession, congregation, helping others, pastor, repentance, revival, serving, strangers, submission
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Light and Shadows
A muted moon fades through
the upper veil,
swelling slightly in the night’s soft covering. Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Nature, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged fog, good and evil, mist, night, philosophy, ridge, valley
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A Leading to Service–Part II
Certainly, I have my ego and my confidence, my mistakes and my selective boldness, but one thing I’ve never had was such a clear sense that I needed to step up and take charge and truly lead a congregation. Continue reading →
A Leading to Service–Part I
Lately, there have been so many “unusual” events in my life that it’s just downright exciting: getting Godly direction from a hitchhiker, having a wonderful blessing from taking in a cyclist… Continue reading →
Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Prayer, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation
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Tagged God's leading, Holy Spirit, home visit, intuition, pastoral visit, pastoral work, praying for strangers, preacher, preacher visit, providence, Spirit
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