Archive for the ‘Faith’ Category
Star of wonder
December 10th, 2012 by Dale Fincher
TweetEditor’s note: This post is excerpted from Dale and Jonalyn Fincher’s Advent devotional Opening the Stable Door. The angels were not the cute ones on postage stamps nor the little baby ones we often see fluttering about nativity scenes. These were obvious, brilliant and startling beings. They came to a field. They came at night. The glory [...]
Tags: Messiah, Opening the Stable Door, Rich Mullins
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The Hard Knocks of Hope
August 13th, 2012 by Sarah Jackson
TweetOne morning last spring I was awakened by a voice declaring, “They’ve bought the lie that their lives are about them.” I’m not sure if a bizarre dream precipitated this declaration, and I don’t know who “they” were, but I know I was one of them. That voice was talking to me. As the words [...]
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Dust off your language
July 30th, 2012 by Dale Fincher
TweetCramped and stale definitions are the function of neglect. Words are tossed into a closet where they slip deeper and deeper until the colors start to fade and the fabric starts to unravel. When these words stay there, left alone and lost, we forget the significance and vibrancy they once carried and are intended to [...]
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