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I have a friend — someone in a position of leadership in a church — who seems to believe that the greatest message of the Christian life is that we are all broken beings limping our way to a God who loves us, and that we are all accepted just as we are. It is one …

She got the call today, one out of the grey And when the smoke cleared, it took her breath away She said she didn’t believe ‘it could happen to me’ I guess we’re all one phone call from our knees We’re gonna get there soon –Mat Kearney, “Closer to Love“ Ten years ago, on September …

Jessica Fletcher and the woman from Proverbs 31 give me a headache. Like M.C. Hammer, I can’t touch that. Jessica Fletcher jogs and bikes and fishes. She doesn’t drive a car. She is an excellent writer, and world-renowned. She travels everywhere, and gets invited to nearly every kind of event imaginable. She is educated and educates. …

The floods happening in North Dakota saturate the news across the state. Here in Bismarck, the photos of a house ripped from its sandy mooring and pulled into the river have been all the talk. This is a flood of length, not a quick spring flood. It is one that has me realize we’ve entered …

…The silence when the words won’t come are better than a Hallelujah sometimes. – Amy Grant, Better Than A Hallelujah Someone sang that song in church today. I’ve heard it once or twice before. I haven’t decided if I think it’s true. Prayers have lately dwindled to silence. My attempts are not backed up with words, …