Are your kids giving you a hard time? I once read about a 12-year-old girl who “set her sleeping mother’s bed on fire and took …
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It Wasn’t Jesus
I am sorry for what religion has done to you, friend. I’m sorry for the religion that shamed you, scolded you, judged you, and knocked …
Read More »On Being Mute
Thirteen days ago, I lost my voice. At first, it was simply croaky, squeaky, and scratchy. By the next day, however, it was gone. Days …
Read More »I’m Like This Doll
I don’t know how old I was, but one of the earliest memories I have is of waiting in the living room in Wichita with …
Read More »Identity In Christ
People tend to place their identity in what they think they are. Studies validate this, but so do common sense and experience. For instance, which …
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Several years ago, Marine Major Brian Dennis befriended a dog during his patrols in Iraq. The dog, whom he named Nubs, had been purposefully abused …
Read More »Spiritual Autism
In past years I have experienced working or living near people who either had family members diagnosed on the Autism Disorder Spectrum, or in whom …
Read More »Loving Yourself
My friend Pamela saw herself as one giant failure. Her negative feelings about her past, present, and future enveloped her like a heavy fog. She …
Read More »Why Read the Bible?
He was born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov but renamed himself Maxim Gorky. (“Gorky” in Russian means “bitter.”) In one of this famous writer’s best plays, The …
Read More »Respect for Life
Several years ago, I was privileged to be able to walk among the graves of American soldiers in Normandy, France. You have undoubtedly seen pictures …
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