Chances are you’ve had a dream like mine, one featuring a snake or other reptile. Snakes are one of the most common animals in dreams, counting among the top three to five dream animals. What do they mean? For me, defanging death! Snakes in dreams There was a snake in the dream, a small one […]
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Looking for resources for Lent? The season of Lent challenges us to consciously enter into a process of changing, to let go of selfish attitudes . . . and to grow closer to God! My newly released Bible Study, The Psalms in Light of the Lord’s Prayer, is a great resource for Lent along with […]
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As I roamed the ruins beside San Francisco el Grande Church in Antigua, Guatemala, on a sunny morning, I decided to climb a set of stairs. By the time I reached the top of the stairs I was short of breath from the heat and the climb as I stepped into a panorama that took […]
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Lent – Season of Change Fertile ground, lying fallow through the winter, waiting to be torn apart, ripped open by the plow. Waiting. Waiting. Waiting for the seed of new life. Ready . . . and waiting. So I wait for you, my God. I await your transforming presence. Let us know, let us strive […]
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Lent – Season of Change We are in the season for potholes. With the spring thaw and rain, potholes are popping up everywhere, more numerous than the crocuses and daffodils. Soon work crews will be out undertaking the chore of filling them in. We know it is only a temporary fix for a long term […]
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Lent – Season of Change Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Just when it seemed that things couldn’t get worse, just when it seemed life was about to take a turn for the better, just when I thought, This is the darkness before the dawn . . . I find myself charred […]
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Lent – Season of Change Only the master surgeon cuts so deep, to the bone, destroying and healing with the same thrust of the two-edged knife. Though I think I can endure no more, the surgeon goes deeper, cutting away disease with skilled hands. These hands change me, restore my health. God is the Master […]
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Lent – Season of Change Dull ache. Pervasive. she hurts, yet she does not feel. Does this emptiness mask emotions she is unable to express, unable to accept? She doesn’t like what’s happening in her life. She hurts. She’s afraid. What is happening? Is this the birthing ground of change, of transformation? How long must […]
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Season of Change – Lent Graduating from kindergarten, from high school, from college. Climbing the career ladder. Moving into marriage, parenthood, grandparenthood. Dying. The final graduation. The final change. Will I be ready? I have considered the task which God has appointed for men to be busied about. He has made everything appropriate to its […]
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SEASON OF CHANGE – Lent Evidence of change surrounds us: the seasons progress; garden flowers bud, bloom and decay; animals are born, grow old, and die; babies scoot, crawl, toddle, and then run to explore the world. Transition is a natural part of everyday life; yet we fear it, resist it. Despite our experience with […]
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