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01 Mar

A Lenten Focus on Faithfulness

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A Lenten Focus on Faithfulness
Today is Ash Wednesday. It signals the start of Lent, a 40 day reflection of Christ’s journey towards the Cross and to His Resurrection. The word Lent comes from the English word meaning “springtime.”  It nudges us to awaken or renew our understanding of God’s grace in Christ and deepen...
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21 Feb

When Timing Isn’t Everything

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Timing is everything. It’s a familiar saying, but is it true? You decide. Meet Joseph (again or for the first time). God gave him two dreams showing his inevitable rise. But in the midst of discovering his destiny, he had non-stop family drama. It begins in Genesis 37. Life was...
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28 Jan

When Afraid Fall Faith Forward

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What do you do when you’re afraid? I tend to flee. In my haste, sometimes I fall.  Once, I landed in a state of emotional upheaval.  Another time I slipped on a pile of unmet expectations — the kind that anticipated success but couldn’t handle failure. But one day grace broke...
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24 Jan

Next Step: Be Kind

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Next Step Series
kīnd\ (adjective) – showing or growing out of gentleness or goodness of heart. As I look in the public square, it’s easy to see a kindness deficit. Tempers flare in our political atmosphere and divisions widen in our nation’s demographic. Surely there is hope. But, if we reject goodness in the...
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24 Oct

Did Someone Cancel Your Flight?

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It's Time to FLY
It was a scandalous scene. The first man and the first woman committed the first sin. God was asking questions and Adam scrambled for an answer. Let’s tune into Genesis 3* and listen in. God (calling to Adam): 9 Where are you? Adam: 10 When I heard the sound of You coming...
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06 Oct

Fear Doesn’t Fight Fair

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It's Time to FLY,  Life Letter Cafe
Boo!  Don’t worry, I’m not trying to scare you. This is just to illustrate how fear loves to catch us off guard. Practical jokers use this one syllable weapon to startle their unsuspecting victims. The element of shock is needed because fear doesn’t fight fair. It plays on our vulnerabilities. It relishes...
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04 Oct

The Sum of All Fears = ?

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It's Time to FLY
“What I always feared has happened to me. What I dreaded has come true.” – Job This quote sums up a sad story. By Job 3:25, all of his children were dead. Boils covered his body. His wife degraded his faith. And his friends weren’t talking to him. In short, Job’s...
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03 Oct

Leaving the No-FLY Zone

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It's Time to FLY
A no-fly zone (NFZ) is a territory or an area where air crafts are not permitted to fly. These zones are typically set up for security purposes. The context may be military, commercial or humanitarian. In any case, flight is not allowed so safety or secrecy is maintained. If you...
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