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Shepherds Got It First: Immanuel is Frightening, or Is He?

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Merry Christmas Everyone! My reflections on the Christmas story Luke 2:8-20  (read it OR listen to it here on YouVersion.com) Shepherds!  Why is Luke – a careful, meticulous doctor – telling us about shepherds?  They don’t seem a very likely lot to be included in the story of the King of Kings. Yet, boom!  They […]

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Quiet Place

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Recently I finished a time of sabbatical.  It was about giving my soul a quiet place.  Being still. Reading the Word. Listening. Every four years, missionaries with Campus Crusade are allowed 30 days to step away for spiritual renewal.  Although I knew I had this rare privilege, this is the first time in 18 years […]

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Worth the early rise

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The kids are not usually early risers.  But believe it or not, they all rolled out of bed immediately at 6am earlier this week to hurry down the street to our favorite viewing location for the Shuttle Launch. Cool video. Clearly visible for entire 8 minute burn of main engines. Lights up the whole early […]