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Can I Celebrate the Thistle?+

Were there seasons in the Garden? Did Eve watch the aspens turn to gold? Was the waterfall once frozen over?...

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The Boy With the Broken Face+

Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. — Isaiah 53:4 The boy is not accustomed to the...

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Inviting God to edit your life+

Last year I wrote three books. Well, I wrote one book of devotions, one “regular” non-fiction work, and co-wrote a...

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‘We are meaning mongers’+

Christianity is about telling the truth about ourselves. And a great deal of sin is our greed to have power...

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Making every song a prayer+

My five-year-old, Fredrik, could barely wait to tell me. As I buckled him into his booster seat, he said, “I...

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Applying fresh paint to Christmas+

This is the time of year we celebrate something quite remarkable. A small child was born in a small town;...

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How would Jesus tweet?+

Lately I’ve become disillusioned with my dreams and goals that relate to writing. I spend fifteen minutes cruising the web...

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Window to self discovery+

I skipped my Spring-cleaning this year. I had every intention of scrubbing my house from end to end, every nook...

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‘Other’ realities on our way home+

Andrei Tarkovsky wrote, “The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate...

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Everyday fear vs. everyday heroics+

The reporter’s question caught me off guard: “So, were the other ‘friends’ in your article really you as well?” “No,...

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