Category Archives: On my mind

Slow to leave

Slow to leave
And endurance produces character, and character produces hope… Romans 5:4 A few years ago, I experienced a difficult and restless season. I seesawed between questioning God’s personal involvement in my life and bemoaning my own mistakes and inadequacy. Some may call it a mid-life crisis, but it felt deep and painful. It was very unsettling…
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Stay calibrated

Stay calibrated
I have a fairly good sense of direction and can usually find my way to new places. But it isn’t foolproof. I’ve been on roads that turn so subtly that I don’t notice the change in direction. And without external landmarks to mark my course, I may stray off the path. In unfamiliar territory, a…
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Graduates

Graduates
  Graduations represent not only the achievement of a goal, but the beginning of the next adventure. I've heard some Jewish universities hand their graduates their diploma with this charge, "Go make disciples." You have been given this gift of learning and are now encouraged to pass that on to others. Discipleship is a way of replicating your…
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Just asking

Just asking
A friend and I were debating a historical event. We each would let our mind race to the next piece of information without really hearing what the other was saying. Talking past each other, we were convinced of our own correct opinion, and not even realizing we were using the same words to mean something…
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