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What’s in a touch – feeling deprived?

Enter week two of social distancing – how are you doing? Depending on where you fall on the introvert/extrovert scale I can probably guess. Technology and social media allow most of us to stay pretty well connected but our current circumstance is causing more physical isolation than social – especially for those that live alone.…
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Are you superstitious?

Most of us would probably answer no. But do our actions say something different? I’m not concerned with bad luck on Friday the 13th and I’m not afraid to walk under ladders. But I have hesitated to speak at times for fearing it would be jinxed, although I’d never use that language. “I hate to…
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Kingdoms at War

What happens when you bring the gospel of a NEW kingdom to a culture that already has a king? Friction, clashes, and confrontations are inevitable – all forcing people to choose sides. That’s what Paul and the early church faced as they began to spread the good news. The Kingdom of God was reclaiming territory,…
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Dust of Forbidden Speech

Dishing out negative information, even if true, is forbidden in the Jewish law of Lashon Hora. God wants us to love our neighbor and to treat everyone with dignity, even when – and especially when - it’s difficult. So we hold our tongue. But our fallen human nature tends to find a way. We become…
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