Category Archives: Devotional

Practicing Spiritual Proximity

Have you ever had one of those moments when, in the midst of thinking insignificant thoughts about some very ordinary process, God decides to break in, and 

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Just “One” Thing

In the midst of all our efforts to recover from the beach trips, gourmet grilling, fireworks and other 4th of July celebrations, I’d like to take a brief moment to 

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Revisiting A ‘Grand’ Father’s Day Reflection

A classmate named Allen was my best friend in the early days of high school, so when we had an early dismissal from class one day, it seemed like the ideal time to 

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In Search of “Higher” Education, Part 4 ~ Learning to Do … Doing to Learn

Well, I didn’t intend to extend this series this far, but God’s focus on the process of teaching and learning is something I find compelling, and I didn’t want to leave it without 

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In Search of “Higher” Education, Part 3 ~ Igniting a Fire, Directing the Flame

Today’s post continues our In Search of “Higher” Education series, and if you missed the last two editions, we invite you to go back and check out Part 1 and Part 2. But there’s much ground to cover here in … Continue reading

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In Search of Higher Education, Part 2 ~ A Memory Test We’re Failing

In planning this series that we began last week, it hadn’t occurred to me that Memorial Day would be arriving just as we’re getting underway, but it 

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